KINETIC RESOLUTION OF EPOXIDES BY CHIRAL ORGANOALUMINIUM CALTALYST SHORT SYNTHESIS OF (-)-C16 JUVENILE HORMONE

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/S0040-4020(01)86177-9

The use of chiral organoaluminium reagent as a catalyst to resolve simple ketoepoxides is explored.The optically pure ketoepoxide 10 was recovered after 80percent conversion.The recovered pure epoxides is a useful chiral building block in the synthesis of