%A P Wipf %A W Xu %J Journal of Organic Chemistry %T Synthesis and Reactivity of Dioxycarbenium Ions from Epoxy Esters and Cationic Zirconium Complexes %X Rearrangement of epoxy esters in the presence of Cp2Zr(R)+ or Cp2Zr(Cl)+ results in synthetically useful dioxycarbenium intermediates. Acetals, ortho esters, and tetrahydrofurans are prepared by ligand transfer from zirconium, intramolecular trapping, or further rearrangement reactions. ? 1993, American Chemical Society. All rights reserved. %N 22 %P 5880 - 5882 %V 58 %D 1993 %R 10.1021/jo00074a006 %L pittir25724