Boron trifluoride-induced, new stereospecific rearrangements of chiral epoxy ethers. Ready access to enantiopure 4-(diarylmethyl)-1,3-dioxolanes and 4,5-disubstituted tetrahydrobenzo[c]oxepin-4-ols

Journal of Organic Chemistry

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1537-1544

  Islas González, Gabriela ^b   Benet Buchholz, Jordi ^a   Maestro, Miguel A ^c   Riera, Antoni ^b   Pericàs, Miquel A ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH OF CATALONIA ICIQ   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF A CORUÑA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARYLGLYCIDOLS; BENZYL-TYPE ETHERS; FRIEDEL-CRAFTS TYPE;

ALCOHOLS; BORON COMPOUNDS; SUBSTITUTION REACTIONS;

ETHERS;

1,3 DIOXOLANE DERIVATIVE; BORON; ETHER DERIVATIVE; FLUORIDE; GLYCIDOL; METHANE; OXEPINE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CARBON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CHIRALITY; CYCLIZATION; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; STEREOSPECIFICITY; X RAY ANALYSIS; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

BENZENE DERIVATIVES; BORANES; DIOXOLANES; EPOXY COMPOUNDS; ETHERS; OXEPINS; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 33644554790     PISSN: 00223263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jo052208e     Document Type: Article

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