M. Groarke et al., Nonracemic 2-diazo-1-oxiranyl-ethanone, a versatile chiral epoxide educt in diazocarbonyl reactions, ORG LETT, 2(16), 2000, pp. 2393-2395
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(S)-(-)-2-Diazo-1-oxiranyl-ethanone, prepared in two steps from (R)-(+)-gly
cidol, has been employed as an intermediate in several characteristic diazo
carbonyl reactions to yield novel, nonracemic products including an epoxy q
uinoxaline and epoxy thiazoles and oxazoles.