Novel Catalytic Cycle for the Synthesis of Epoxides from Aldehydes and Sulfur Ylides Mediated by Catalytic Quantities of Sulfides and Rh2(OAc)4

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 116, Issue 13, 1994, Pages 5973-5974

  Aggarwal, Varinder K ^a   Abdel Rahman, Hesham ^a   Jones, Ray V H ^b   Reid, Bruce D ^b   Lee, Hee Yoon ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b ASTRAZENECA   (United Kingdom)

^c Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

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EID: 0001283528     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: 15205126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja00092a060     Document Type: Article

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