Stereospecific Consecutive Epoxide Ring Expansion with Dimethylsulfoxonium Methylide
Ekaterina D. Butova, Anastasiya V. Barabash, Anna A. Petrova, Christian M. Kleiner, Peter R. Schreiner and Andrey A. Fokin*
*Department of Organic Chemistry, Kiev Polytechnic Institute,
pr. Pobedy 37, 03056 Kiev, Ukraine, Email: aaf
xtf.ntu-kpi.kiev.ua
E. D. Butova, A. V. Barabash, A. A. Petrova, C. M. Kleiner, P. R. Schreiner, A. A. Fokin, J. Org. Chem., 2010, 75, 6229-6235.
DOI: 10.1021/jo101330p
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Abstract
Nucleophilic ring expansions of enantiomeric 2-mono- and 2,2-disubstituted epoxides and oxetanes with dimethylsulfoxonium methylide is a convenient general approach for a high-yielding preparation of optically active four- and five-membered cyclic ethers from oxiranes.
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