Organolithium-induced deprotonation of terminal epoxides in the presence of appropriate diamine ligands allows trapping with a range of electrophiles, yielding functionalised di- and tri-substituted epoxides in good yields and with control of stereochemistry at the epoxide.
Keywords:
Epoxy Compounds
,Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
,Mass Spectrometry
,Protons
,Spectrophotometry, Infrared
