103687-29-2Relevant articles and documents
THE DIMESITYLBORON GROUP IN ORGANIC SYNTHESIS 7. A UNIQUE VARIANT OF THE BORON-WITTIG REACTION WHICH STEREOSELECTIVELY YIELDS 1,2-DIOLS.
Pelter, Andrew,Buss, Dieter,Pitchford, Andrew
, p. 5093 - 5096 (1985)
Low temperature oxidation of the intermediates in the Wittig reactions of aryl aldehydes with carbanions stabilised with an adjacent dimesitylboron group leads stereoselectively to erythro-1,2-diols.The mechanistic implications for the boron-Wittig reactions are discussed.