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SUBMITTER: Nelson JK
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2988249 | biostudies-literature | 2008 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Nelson Jared K JK Burns Christopher T CT Smith Miles P MP Twamley Brendan B Natale N R NR
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The lithio-anion of isoxazole 2 was found to ring open propylene oxide in good yields with complete regioselectivity. Vinylic and benzylic epoxides were utilized as key examples of electrophiles and found to produce a mixture of regioisomeric adducts. Additionally, the use of chiral epoxides was explored, and absolute configuration was determined by X-ray crystallography to prove that nucleophilic attack at the benzylic carbon of (R)-styrene oxide proceeds with 100% inversion at the benzylic car ...[more]