SELECTIVE OXIDATION OF OPTICALLY-ACTIVE SEC,SEC-1,2-DIOLS BY DIOXIRANES - A PRACTICAL METHOD FOR THE SYNTHESIS OF HOMOCHIRAL ALPHA-HYDROXY KETONES IN HIGH OPTICAL PURITY
L. Daccolti et al., SELECTIVE OXIDATION OF OPTICALLY-ACTIVE SEC,SEC-1,2-DIOLS BY DIOXIRANES - A PRACTICAL METHOD FOR THE SYNTHESIS OF HOMOCHIRAL ALPHA-HYDROXY KETONES IN HIGH OPTICAL PURITY, Journal of organic chemistry, 58(14), 1993, pp. 3600-3601
By employing either dimethyldioxirane or its trifluoromethyl analog, t
he direct, high-yield conversion of one cyclic and three open chain op
tically sec,sec-1,2-diols to the corresponding alpha-hydroxy ketones i
n high optical yield has been achieved.