Canadian Journal of Chemistry

Synthetic applications of glycidic thiolesters. Regioselective reduction to 1, 3-diols and 2, 3-epoxy alcohols

HJ Liu, W Luo

Index: Liu, Hsing-Jang; Luo, Weide Canadian Journal of Chemistry, 1992 , vol. 70, p. 128 - 134

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Abstract

Glycidic thiolesters were shown to undergo regioselective reduction with Raney nickel to give 1, 3-diols. With sodium borohydride at room temperature and lithium aluminum hydride at-78° C, the reduction of glycidic thiolesters was found to proceed chemoselectively to