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FACILE ACCESS TO CHIRAL OXIRANE BUILDING-BLOCKS FROM (R)-(+)-MALIC ACID: SYNTHESIS OF (2R)-(+)-1,2-EPOXY-4-(TRIPHENYLMETHOXY)BUTANE
Fabio, Romano Di,Misiti, Domenico
, p. 209 - 210 (2007/10/02)
The synthesis of (2R)-(+)-1,2-epoxy-4-(triphenylmethoxy)butane from (2R)-(+)-1,2,4-butanetriol through the preferential protection at C4, followed by tosylation at C1 and finally by selective oxyrane-ring formation, is described.