THE STEREOCHEMICALLY CONTROLLED HORNER-WITTIG ROUTE TO UNSATURATED ACIDS: THE BAEYER-VILLIGER REARRANGEMENT OF α-(1-Ph2PO-ALKYL)-CYCLOHEXANONES

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/S0040-4039(00)84504-9

Lithiated alkyl diphenylphosphine oxides attack cyclic epoxides with high stereoselectivity: Baeyer-Villiger rearrangement of the derived ketones gives Horner-Wittig intermediates for the synthesis of Z unsaturated acids