The Epoxidation of Homoallylic Alcohols and the Formation of Sesquiterpene Diols

Abstract
The epoxidation of homoallylic alcohols was effected with m-chloroperbenzoic acid in ether, and the resulting epoxides were reduced with lithium aluminum hydride to the corresponding diols. Particularly in the cases of calameone and isocalamendiol, the exocyclic double bond at the C3-position was attacked by the peroxy-acid from the side opposite to the axial hydroxyl group at the C5-position.

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