A new and efficient catalytic isomerizat
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Ching-Yu Lo; Sitaram Pal; Arjan Odedra; Rai-Shung Liu
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Article
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2003
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Elsevier Science
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French
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We report new ruthenium-catalyzed cis-trans isomerization of various functionalized epoxides. Enantiospecific isomerization of chiral epoxides is achieved without loss of enantiopurity, and epimerization occurs only at the epoxide carbon of the activating group.