Epoxidation of an α-tocopherol model compound, 2,2,5,7,8-pentamethylchroman-6-ol, with potassium superoxide; X-ray crystal structure of 4a,5;7,8-diepoxy-4a,7,8,8a-tetrahydro-8a-hydroxy-2,2,5,7,8-pentamethylchroman-6(5H)-one
- 1 January 1979
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications
- No. 3,p. 105-106
- https://doi.org/10.1039/c39790000105
Abstract
An α-tocopherol model compound, 2,2,5,7,8-pentamethylchroman-6-ol, was oxidized in the presence of dicyclohexyl-18-crown-6 with KO2 to give a diepoxide, whose structure was determined by spectroscopy and X-ray crystallography.Keywords
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