Metalloporphyrin-catalyzed regioselective rearrangement of monoalkyl-substituted epoxides into aldehydes

Tetrahedron Letters

Volumn 40, Issue 40, 1999, Pages 7243-7246

  Suda, Kohji ^a   Baba, Kenji ^a   Nakajima, Shin ichiro ^a   Takanami, Toshikatsu ^a  

^a MEIJI PHARMACEUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aldehyde; Iron(III) tetraphenylporphyrin triflate; Monoalkyl substituted epoxide; Rearrangement

Indexed keywords

ALDEHYDE; EPOXIDE; FERRIC ION; METALLOPORPHYRIN;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CATALYST; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; DIASTEREOISOMER; REACTION ANALYSIS; STEREOCHEMISTRY;

EID: 0033214357     PISSN: 00404039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-4039(99)01363-5     Document Type: Article

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