A computational study of the hydroxy-group directivity in the peroxyformic acid epoxidation of the chiral allylic alcohol (Z)-3-methyl-3-penten-2-ol: Control of threo diastereoselectivity through allylic strain and hydrogen bonding

Journal of Organic Chemistry

Volumn 65, Issue 20, 2000, Pages 6715-6728

  Adam, Waldemar ^a   Bach, Robert D ^b   Dmitrenko, Olga ^b   Saha Möller, Chantu R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLYL COMPOUND; FORMIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHIRALITY; CONFORMATION; DIASTEREOISOMER; EPOXIDATION; GEOMETRY; HYDROGEN BOND; POLARIZATION; REACTION ANALYSIS; STEREOCHEMISTRY;

EID: 0034613218     PISSN: 00223263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jo0009548     Document Type: Article

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