DIASTEREOSPECIFIC EPOXIDATION AE KINETIC RESOLUTION OF CIS TRANS-2,6-DIMETHYLBENZYLIDENE CYCLOHEXANE AND SOLUTION CONFORMATION OF 4,8-DIMETHYL-2-PHENY1-1-OXASPIRO[2.5]OCTANE/
Jm. Gardiner et al., DIASTEREOSPECIFIC EPOXIDATION AE KINETIC RESOLUTION OF CIS TRANS-2,6-DIMETHYLBENZYLIDENE CYCLOHEXANE AND SOLUTION CONFORMATION OF 4,8-DIMETHYL-2-PHENY1-1-OXASPIRO[2.5]OCTANE/, Tetrahedron letters, 37(46), 1996, pp. 8447-8450
Epoxidation using a (salen)Mn catalyst shows complete selectivity betw
een 2,6-trans and 2,6-cis dimethylbenzylidene cyclohexanes, is diaster
eospecific, and exhibits a kinetic resolution with k(rel)=5 Stereochem
istry and conformation of the product 4,8-dimethyl-2-pheny-1-1-oxaspir
o[2.5]octane were determined by DQF-COSY and nOe difference measuremen
ts at 600MHz. Copyright (C) 1996 Elsevier Science Ltd