A CONVENIENT SYNTHESIS OF VINYL EPOXIDES FROM GLYCIDIC ESTERS VIA ALPHA-HYDROXY-BETA,GAMMA-UNSATURATED ESTERS

Authors
BHATTACHARYA I SHAH K VANKAR PS VANKAR YD
Citation
I. Bhattacharya et al., A CONVENIENT SYNTHESIS OF VINYL EPOXIDES FROM GLYCIDIC ESTERS VIA ALPHA-HYDROXY-BETA,GAMMA-UNSATURATED ESTERS, Synthetic communications, 23(17), 1993, pp. 2405-2414
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Chemistry Inorganic & Nuclear
Journal title
Synthetic communications → ACNP
ISSN journal
00397911
Volume
23
Issue
17
Year of publication
1993
Pages
2405 - 2414
Database
ISI
SICI code
0039-7911(1993)23:17<2405:ACSOVE>2.0.ZU;2-L
Abstract
Glycidic esters, upon isomerisation with BF3.Et2O yield alpha-hydroxy- beta, gamma-unsaturated esters. These arg then reduced with LiAlH4 to vicinal diols which are converted to vinyl epoxides in two steps.