Tetrahedron Letters

Unusual reactivity of selenoboranes towards epoxides: new selective routes to b-hydroxyselenides and allylalcohols

A Cravador, A Krief

Index: Cravador, A.; Krief, A. Tetrahedron Letters, 1981 , vol. 22, # 26 p. 2491 - 2494

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Abstract

Abstract Selenoboranes react with terminal α, β-di-and trisubstituted epoxides to produce β- hydroxylenides,(or olefins) in the two first cases and allyl alcohols in the last one. A very high stereodescrimination has been observed for α, β-disubstituted epoxides: the cis epoxide being much more reactive.