Stereospecific rearrangements of optically active 2-aryl-3-ethenyloxiranes to give optically active β-ethenylbenzeneethanols: Benzyl vs. allyl cations and an efficient synthesis of (s)-ibuprofen

Tetrahedron Letters

Volumn 38, Issue 15, 1997, Pages 2605-2608

  Jung, Michael E ^a   Anderson, Karen L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHYLENE OXIDE DERIVATIVE; IBUPROFEN;

ARTICLE; CHIRALITY; DRUG SYNTHESIS; ENANTIOMER; IN VITRO STUDY; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; REACTION ANALYSIS;

EID: 0030943449     PISSN: 00404039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-4039(97)00425-5     Document Type: Article

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