Highly stereoselective epoxidation of O-protected 3-hydroxy-1-nitroalkenes

Tetrahedron

Volumn 65, Issue 40, 2009, Pages 8362-8366

  Jain, Amit ^a   Rodríguez, Santiago ^a   López, Irakusne ^a   González, Florenci V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT JAUME I   (Spain)

Author keywords

Epoxidation; Nitroaldols; Nitrocompounds

Indexed keywords

3 HYDROXY 1 NITROALKENE DERIVATIVE; ALDEHYDE DERIVATIVE; ALKENE DERIVATIVE; LACTALDEHYDE; LITHIUM DERIVATIVE; LITHIUM TERT BUTYLPEROXIDE; MANDELALDEHYDE; NUCLEOPHILE; PEROXIDE; POTASSIUM DERIVATIVE; POTASSIUM TERT BUTYLPEROXIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALDOL REACTION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; DIASTEREOISOMER; ELIMINATION REACTION; EPOXIDATION; HYDROGENATION; MICHAEL ADDITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEREOCHEMISTRY;

EID: 69249245379     PISSN: 00404020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tet.2009.08.010     Document Type: Article

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