Abstract
γ-Hydroxy sulfones and triflones are obtained in moderate to excellent yields when n-butyl lithium is added to a mixture of sulfone and epoxide in toluene at 65[ddot] C followed by heating from four to twenty hours at 110[ddot] C.
- Title
- Epoxide Ring Opening by α-Sulfonyl Carbanions. Synthesis of γ-Hydroxy Sulfones and Triflones
- Creators
- Stephen O Nwaukwa - Department of Chemistry , Brandeis UniversitySusanna Lee - Department of Chemistry , Brandeis UniversityPhilip M Keehn - Department of Chemistry , Brandeis University
- Publication Details
- Synthetic communications, Vol.16(3), pp.309-329
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Group
- Identifiers
- 9924012521301921
- Copyright
- © 1986 Informa UK Limited
- Academic Unit
- Department of Chemistry
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article