Anti-selective epoxidation of methyl α-methylene-β-tert- butyldimethylsilyloxycarboxylate esters. evidence for stereospecific oxygen atom transfer in a nucleophilic epoxidation Process

Organic Letters

Volumn 11, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 2437-2440

  Švenda, Jakub ^a   Myers, Andrew G ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPOXIDE; ESTER; ORGANOSILICON DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; STEREOISOMERISM;

CATALYSIS; EPOXY COMPOUNDS; ESTERS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; ORGANOSILICON COMPOUNDS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 66149162962     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol900665a     Document Type: Article

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