Microwave-assisted InCl3-catalyzed Meyer-Schuster rearrangement of propargylic aryl carbinols in aqueous media: a green approach to α,β-unsaturated carbonyl compounds

A novel, efficient, simple and environmentally benign protocol for the Meyer-Schuster isomerization of propargylic aryl carbinols into α,β-unsaturated carbonyl compounds has been developed using catalytic amounts of InCl3, pure water as the solvent, and microwave irradiation as the heating source.