A convenient synthesis of vinyl epoxides from glycidic esters via α-hydroxy-β,γ-unsaturated esters

Article abstract of DOI:10.1080/00397919308011126

Glycidic esters, upon isomerisation with BF₃.ET₂O yield α-hydroxy-β,γ-unsaturated esters. These are then reduced with LiAlH₄ to vicinal diols which are converted to vinyl epoxides in two steps.

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A Convenient Synthesis of Vinyl
Epoxides from Glycidic Esters
via α-Hydroxy-β,γ-unsaturated
Esters
Indrani Bhattacharya a , Kavita Shah a , Padma S.
Vankar a & Yashwant D. Vankar a
a Department of Chemistry , Indian Institute of
Technology , Kanpur, 208016, India
Published online: 23 Sep 2006.
To cite this article: Indrani Bhattacharya , Kavita Shah , Padma S. Vankar & Yashwant
D. Vankar (1993) A Convenient Synthesis of Vinyl Epoxides from Glycidic Esters via α-
Hydroxy-β,γ-unsaturated Esters, Synthetic Communications: An International Journal
for Rapid Communication of Synthetic Organic Chemistry, 23:17, 2405-2414, DOI:
10.1080/00397919308011126
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