Construction of functionalised medium rings by stereospecific expansions of 2,3-epoxy alcohols under mild conditions

Tetrahedron Letters

Volumn 43, Issue 37, 2002, Pages 6637-6640

  Marson, Charles M ^a   Khan, Afzal ^b   Porter, Rod A ^c   Cobb, Alexander J A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL DERIVATIVE; EPOXIDE; KETONE; TIN CHLORIDE;

ARTICLE; EPOXIDATION; LOW TEMPERATURE; PINACOL REARRANGEMENT; STEREOSPECIFICITY; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

EID: 0037048505     PISSN: 00404039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-4039(02)01450-8     Document Type: Article

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