Studies towards total synthesis of borrelidin, regioselective methylation of bis-epoxides and structure determination

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/S0040-4039(97)01372-5

Regioselective methylation of bis-epoxides 9 were examined. Two examples of high regioselectivity and yield were achieved. Structure determination of the four possible regioisomers provide useful information for structure determination of structurally related flexible molecules.