Catalytic Asymmetric Conjugate Reactions
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Córdova, Armando
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Article
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2010
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Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA
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German
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Scheme 9.1 The Weitz-Scheffer epoxidation. alkenes requires the formation of nucleophilic oxidative species. The first example of the epoxidation of α,β-unsaturated carbonyl compounds was reported by Weitz and Scheffer in 1921 (Scheme 9.1) [16]. This two-step process first involves the conjugate a