Direct Transformation of 2,3-Epoxy Alcohols into Hydroxy Carbonates Under Mildly Basic Conditions

Myers, Andrew; Widdowson, Katherine L.

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Myers, Andrew HARVARD

Widdowson, Katherine L.

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https://doi.org/10.1016/S0040-4039(00)82353-9

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Myers, Andrew G., and Katherine L. Widdowson. 1988. Direct transformation of 2,3-epoxy alcohols into hydroxy carbonates under mildly basic conditions. Tetrahedron Letters 29(49): 6389-6392.

Abstract

2,3-Epoxy alcohols are transformed into the corresponding C2-inverted hydroxy carbonates upon treatment with cesium carbonate-powdered 3-A molecular sieves in N,N-dimethylformamide under one atmosphere of carbon dioxide at 23-78 oC.