A NOVEL SYNTHESIS OF EPOXIDES AND ALLYLIC ALCOHOLS FROM CARBONYL COMPOUNDS THROUGH α,β-EPOXY SULFOXIDES

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/S0040-4039(00)84534-7

Treatment of α,β-epoxy sulfoxides, easily prepared from carbonyl compounds with 1 equivalent of n-butyllithium at -100 deg C gave the desulfinated epoxides in good yields.The similar α,β-epoxy sulfoxides having arylmethyl group at α-position, on treatment