Chiral Electrophilic Synthetic Building Blocks with Four Different Functional Groups from Tartaric Acid, 2,3- and 3,4-Epoxy-butanediol Derivatives in All Four Stereoisomeric Forms

Article abstract of DOI:10.1002/hlca.19810640311

Efficient and simple procedures have been developed for the preparation of the threo- and erythro-3,4-epoxy-1,2-butanediol derivatives 7 and 9 in both enantiomeric forms from tartaric acid.These epoxides should prove versatile as alkylating reagents in sy