A method for olefin inversion via phosphine oxides
- 1 January 1974
- journal article
- Published by Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications
- No. 4,p. 142-143
- https://doi.org/10.1039/c39740000142
Abstract
Treatment of epoxides with Ph2PLi–THF followed by H2O2–AcOH gives, by a single inversion, β-hydroxy-diphenylphosphine oxides; the latter can be fragmented stereospecifically to olefins on treatment with an appropriate base.Keywords
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