A NOVEL APPROACH TO THE SYNTHESIS OF CHIRAL EPOXIDES AND ALLYLIC ALCOHOLS BY THE USE OF OPTICALLY ACTIVE p-TOLYL SULFINYL GROUP AS A CHIRAL AUXILILIARY

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/0040-4039(88)85228-6

A Novel synthesis of chiral epoxides and allylic alcohols was realized from (-)-chloromethyl p-tolyl sulfoxide and carbonyl compounds through the α,β-epoxy sulfoxides.The procedure and a stereochemistry of the asymmetric induction of the reaction are repo