Tetrahedron Letters

Chlorination and cyclodehydration of 1, 2-diols with the “triphenylphosphate-tetrachloromethane-potassium carbonate” reagent

CN Barry, SA Evans

Index: Barry, Carey N.; Evans, Slayton A. Tetrahedron Letters, 1983 , vol. 24, # 7 p. 661 - 664

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Abstract

Abstract The yields of the epoxides obtained from the reaction of 1, 2-diols with the “triphenyl- phosphine-tetrachloromethane-potassium carbonate reagent” range from 27–85% depending on the relative concentration of triphenylphosphine and diol. In the absence of heterogeneous potassium carbonate, reactions of 1, 2-diols with triphenylphosphine-tetra- chloromethane give largely 1, 2-chlorohydrins.