Unprecedented direct oxygen atom transfer from hypervalent oxido-λ3-iodanes to α,β-unsaturated carbonyl compounds: Synthesis of α,β-epoxy carbonyl compounds

Organic Letters

Volumn 2, Issue 19, 2000, Pages 2923-2926

  Ochiai, Masahito ^a   Nakanishi, Akinobu ^a   Suefuji, Takashi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

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EID: 0001127136     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol006129v     Document Type: Article

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