A novel catalytic cycle for the synthesis of epoxides using sulfur ylides

VK Aggarwal, H Abdel??Rahman, L Fan…

Index: Aggarwal, Varinder K.; Abdel-Rahman, Hesham; Fan, Li; Jones, Ray V. H.; Standen, Mike C. H. Chemistry--A European Journal, 1996 , vol. 2, # 8 p. 1024 - 1030

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Abstract

Abstract A novel, neutral catalytic cycle for the synthesis of epoxides from carbonyl compounds and diazo compounds using catalytic quantities of transition metal salts and sulfides has been developed. In this catalytic cycle, the diazo compound is decomposed by the transition metal salt to give a metallocarbene, and this is picked up by the sulfide to give a sulfur ylide, which then reacts with the aldehyde to give an epoxide and returns the ...