European Journal of Organic Chemistry 2017-10-09

Stereoselective Synthesis of Trisubstituted Epoxides Marks the Route to Chiral Building Blocks with Quaternary Centers

Miguel Garcia-Castro, Murali Annamalai, Christopher Golz, Carsten Strohmann, Kamal Kumar

Index: 10.1002/ejoc.201701148

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Abstract

Q-genic epoxidation! The stereoselective epoxidation of activated ketones affords optically active trisubstituted epoxides and a route to chiral sp3-rich building blocks supporting a quaternary center.