A FIRST EXAMPLE OF CATALYTIC YLIDE EPOXIDATION REACTION: FACILE SYNTHESIS OF VINYL EPOXIDES FROM ALDEHYDES CATALYZED BY DIISOBUTYL TELLURIDE

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/S0040-4039(00)97324-6

In the presence of cesium carbonate, a variety of aldehydes can be epoxidized directly with allyl bromide at 50 deg C under solid-liquid phase transfer condition by use of a catalytic amount of diisobutyl telluride to afford vinyl epoxides in good yields