Oxidation of cyclooctatetraene with excess dimethyldioxirane gives two previously unknown tetraepoxides. The structures of the tetraepoxides were established using X-ray crystallography. The reaction also gives a number of di- and triepoxides.
An easy way for constructing hard-to-make epoxides employing HOF·CH3CN
作者:Elizabeth Golan、Aviv Hagooly、Shlomo Rozen
DOI:10.1016/j.tetlet.2004.03.030
日期:2004.4
HOF-CH2CN, a very efficient oxygen transfer agent, was reacted with various types of difficult-to-epoxidize olefine. All products were obtained in a single-step, fast and high yield reaction. (C) 2004 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.