Regio- and enantioselective epoxidation of dienes by a chiral dioxirane: Synthesis of optically active vinyl cis-epoxides

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 45, Issue 27, 2006, Pages 4475-4478

  Burke, Christopher P ^a   Shi, Yian ^a  

^a Department of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability   (United States)

Author keywords

Asymmetric synthesis; Dienes; Epoxidation; Synthetic methods

Indexed keywords

ASYMMETRIC SYNTHESIS; DIENES; EPOXIDATION; SYNTHETIC METHODS;

CATALYSTS; EPOXY RESINS; OXIDATION; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

KETONES;

ALKADIENE; DIOXIRANE; EPOXIDE; KETONE; VINYL DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; STEREOISOMERISM; SYNTHESIS;

ALKADIENES; EPOXY COMPOUNDS; KETONES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; STEREOISOMERISM; VINYL COMPOUNDS;

EID: 33746275938     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.200600840     Document Type: Article

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