Regio- and stereoselective epoxidation of chiral 1,4-cyclohexadienes

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/S0040-4039(00)60015-1

The diastereoselectivities of epoxidations of diene amides 1b, 7, and 9 appear to depend on steric approach control with the involvement of amide conformers analogous to that observed by X-ray diffraction studies of epoxide 8 (figure 1). This mechanistic