Evidence that epoxide-opening cascades promoted by water are stepwise and become faster and more selective after the first cyclization

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 133, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1902-1908

  Morten, Christopher J ^a   Byers, Jeffery A ^a   Jamison, Timothy F ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASCADE REACTIONS; DETAILED KINETICS; EPOXY ALCOHOLS; EXO-CYCLIZATION; H NMR SPECTROSCOPY; NEUTRAL WATER; TEMPLATED; TETRAHYDROPYRAN;

NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; REGIOSELECTIVITY; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

CYCLIZATION;

ALCOHOL; EPOXIDE; TETRAHYDROPYRAN DERIVATIVE; WATER;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; CYCLIZATION; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; SYNTHESIS;

ALCOHOLS; CYCLIZATION; EPOXY COMPOUNDS; KINETICS; STEREOISOMERISM; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; WATER;

EID: 79951521008     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: 15205126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja1088748     Document Type: Article

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