117842-34-9Relevant articles and documents
HIGHLY STEREOSELECTIVE REDUCTION OF β-OXOSULFONIUM SALTS, SYNTHESIS OF trans EPOXIDES
Shimagaki, Masayuki,Matsuzaki, Yuji,Hori, Isaburo,Nakata, Tadashi,Oishi, Takeshi
, p. 4779 - 4782 (2007/10/02)
Alkylation of α-methylthio or α-phenylthio ketones 1 with trimethyloxonium tetrafluoroborate and the reduction of the resulting sulfonium salts 5 with NaBH4 followed by the base treatment afforded trans epoxides 8 with high stereoselectivity.