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STEREOSELECTIVE EPOXIDATION OF ALLYLIC AND HOMOALLYLIC ALCOHOLS WITH 30percent HYDROGEN PEROXIDE CATALYZED BY TUNGSTIC ACID IN BUFFERED MEDIA
Prat, Denis,Delpech, Bernard,Lett, Robert
, p. 711 - 714 (2007/10/02)
The aqueous tungstic acid-catalyzed hydrogen peroxide epoxidation of allylic alcohols affords the same major diastereoisomer as the VO(acac)2/tBuOOH system with quite comparable stereoselectivities.In contrast, epoxidation of homoallylic alcohols appears to be much less stereoselective.
