Scope and limitations of the catalytic asymmetric rearrangement of epoxides to allylic alcohols using chiral lithium amide bases/lithiated imidazoles

Tetrahedron Letters

Volumn 46, Issue 48, 2005, Pages 8315-8318

  Oxenford, Sally J ^a   Wright, Jonathan M ^a   O'Brien, Peter ^a   Panday, Narendra ^b   Shipton, Mark R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b F HOFFMANN LA ROCHE LTD   (Switzerland)

^c GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Allylic alcohols; Chiral bases; Epoxides; Imidazoles

Indexed keywords

ALLYL ALCOHOL; AMIDE; BASE; CYCLOHEXANE OXIDE; CYCLOPENTENE DERIVATIVE; EPOXIDE; IMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE; LITHIUM DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; ASYMMETRIC CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHIRALITY; ENANTIOSELECTIVITY; LITHIATION; RACEMIC MIXTURE; REACTION ANALYSIS; RING OPENING; STEREOSPECIFICITY; STOICHIOMETRY;

EID: 27644527714     PISSN: 00404039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tetlet.2005.09.171     Document Type: Article

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