On the mechanism of base-induced rearrangements of epoxides to ketones: A formal synthesis of (S)-physoperuvine

Tetrahedron Letters

Volumn 40, Issue 49, 1999, Pages 8637-8640

  Hodgson, David M ^a   Robinson, Lesley A ^a   Jones, Matthew L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Epoxidation; Epoxide; Ketone; Organolithium

Indexed keywords

ALICYCLIC HYDROCARBON; ALKALOID; BASE; EPOXIDE; KETONE; KETONE DERIVATIVE; ORGANOLITHIUM COMPOUND; SPARTEINE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; EPOXIDATION; ISOMERISM; REACTION ANALYSIS; STEREOCHEMISTRY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 0033520980     PISSN: 00404039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-4039(99)01810-9     Document Type: Article

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