A tellurium transposition route to allylic alcohols: overcoming some limitations of the Sharpless-Katsuki asymmetric epoxidation

DC Dittmer, RP Discordia, Y Zhang…

Index: Journal of Organic Chemistry, , vol. 58, # 3 p. 718 - 731

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Citation Number: 39

Abstract

... can be obtained in high enantiomeric excess (ee) by combining the Sharpless-Kabuki asymmetric epoxidation process (SAE) with tellurium chemistry. ... as the relatively nontoxic element" which is reduced in situ and treated with the appropriate organic reactants to ... 720 J. Org. ...