399551-36-1Relevant articles and documents
Transformation of α,β-epoxyesters into 2,3-dideuterioesters promoted by samarium diiodide
Concellon, Jose M.,Bardales, Eva,Llavona, Ricardo
, p. 1585 - 1588 (2007/10/03)
An easy and general sequenced elimination/reduction process by means of samarium diiodide, in the presence of D2O, provides an efficient method for synthesizing 2,3-dideuterioesters 2. The reaction can be also carried out in the presence of H2O instead of D2O, yielding the corresponding saturated esters 4. Other deuterated esters have been also obtained. A mechanism to explain this synthesis has been proposed.