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(2S,3R)-1,2-EPOXY-3-BUTANOL. A USEFUL SYNTHON FOR THE PREPARATION OF CHIRAL 1,2-DIOLS.
White, James D.,Kang, Myung-chol,Sheldon, Bernard G.
, p. 4539 - 4542 (1983)
Enantioselective epoxidation of 3-butene-2-ol in the presence of D-(-)-tartarate gave (2S,3R)-1,2-epoxy-3-butanol, which was employed in chiral syntheses of 2,5-dideoxyribose and a segment of the ionophoric antibiotic boromycin.
