Tetrahedron letters

Reactions of α-epoxysilanes with organocopper reagents. A stereoselective route to alkenes

DC Chauret, JM Chong

Index: Chauret, Denise C.; Chong, J. Michael Tetrahedron Letters, 1993 , vol. 34, # 23 p. 3695 - 3698

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Download full text in PDF Opens in a new window. Article suggestions will be shown in a dialog on return to ScienceDirect. ... Please enable JavaScript to use all the features on this page. ... Reactions of α-epoxysilanes with cuprate reagents can be controlled to give β-silyl alcohols as major products. An oxidation, Grignard addition, and elimination sequence then provides alkenes with up to 98% de. ... Epoxysilanes serve as vinyl dication equivalents in a ...