Application of Sharpless asymmetric epox
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Hong-yu Tian; Bao-guo Sun; Li-wei Tang; Hong-lin Ye
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Article
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2010
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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## Abstract Optically active 2,3‐epoxyhexanol obtained from Sharpless asymmetric epoxidation (AE) was regioselectively reduced to 1,3‐hexandiol or 1,2‐hexandiol. 1,3‐Hexandiol was converted to 3‐mesyloxyhexyl acetate. The following reaction with CH~3~SK gave 3‐methylthiohexanol, which was oxidized