Catalytic asymmetric epoxidation of aldehydes. Optimization, mechanism, and discovery of stereoelectronic control involving a combination of anomeric and cieplak effects in sulfur ylide epoxidations with chiral 1,3-oxathianes

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 120, Issue 33, 1998, Pages 8328-8339

  Aggarwal, Varinder K ^a   Ford, J Gair ^a   Fonquerna, Sílvia ^a   Adams, Harry ^a   Jones, Ray V H ^a   Fieldhouse, Robin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALDEHYDE; OXATHIIN DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHIRALITY; ENANTIOMER; EPOXIDATION; STEREOCHEMISTRY; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 0032569215     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja9812150     Document Type: Article

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