Catalytic asymmetric epoxidation of allylic alcohols using a renewable hydroperoxide

✍ Scribed by Alessandra Lattanzi; Patrizia Iannece; Arrigo Scettri

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 2002
• Tongue: French
• Weight: 119 KB
• Volume: 43
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0040-4039
• DOI: 10.1016/s0040-4039(02)01110-3

✦ Synopsis

Sharpless modified asymmetric epoxidation of allylic alcohols can be successfully performed using an easily accessible and renewable tertiary furyl hydroperoxide in the presence 20 mol% of the chiral Ti(O-i-Pr) 4 /L-DIPT/MS 4 A , system.