Single route to chiral syn- and anti-2-amino-1,2-diphenylethanols via a new stereodivergent opening of trans-1,2-diphenyloxirane

Journal of Organic Chemistry

Volumn 68, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 3360-3362

  Lupattelli, Paolo ^a   Bonini, Carlo ^a   Caruso, Leonilde ^a   Gambacorta, Augusto ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASILICATA   (Italy)

^b ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAGNESIUM COMPOUNDS; OXIDES; POTASSIUM COMPOUNDS; SODIUM COMPOUNDS;

RING OPENING;

ETHANOL;

1,2 DIPHENYLOXIRANE; 2 AMINO 1,2 DIPHENYLETHANOL; ALCOHOL DERIVATIVE; BROMINE DERIVATIVE; ETHYLENE OXIDE DERIVATIVE; MAGNESIUM DERIVATIVE; POTASSIUM BROMIDE; SODIUM BROMIDE; STILBENE OXIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHIRALITY; OPTICS; REACTION ANALYSIS; RING OPENING; STEREOCHEMISTRY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 0037453562     PISSN: 00223263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jo034133p     Document Type: Article

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