DIRECT EPOXIDATION OF UNPROTECTED OLEFINIC CARBOXYLIC-ACIDS USING HOF-CH3CN

Authors
ROZEN S BAREKET Y DAYAN S
Citation
S. Rozen et al., DIRECT EPOXIDATION OF UNPROTECTED OLEFINIC CARBOXYLIC-ACIDS USING HOF-CH3CN, Tetrahedron letters, 37(4), 1996, pp. 531-534
Citations number
19
Categorie Soggetti
Chemistry Inorganic & Nuclear
Journal title
Tetrahedron letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
00404039
Volume
37
Issue
4
Year of publication
1996
Pages
531 - 534
Database
ISI
SICI code
0040-4039(1996)37:4<531:DEOUOC>2.0.ZU;2-8
Abstract
The reaction of HOF . CH3CN complex, made directly by passing fluorine through aqueous acetonitrile, with double bond containing unprotected carboxylic acids and alcohols results in fast and almost quantitative epoxidation.