M. Gulea et al., 1,4-hydrogen radical transfer as a new and versatile tool for the synthesis of enantiomerically pure 1,2,3-triols, ORG LETT, 2(17), 2000, pp. 2591-2594
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1,4-Hydrogen radical transfers can now be reliably envisaged in radical syn
thetic chemistry as demonstrated by the formation of the cyano derivative I
I from I. Due to related sequences involving this new translocation process
, followed by a highly diastereoselective trapping of the resulting anomeri
c radical, access to intriguing enantiopure 1,2,3-triols such as III is ava
ilable.