A regio- and stereoselective alpha-methylation of gamma,delta-epoxy-alpha,beta-unsaturated esters with a Me2Zn-CuCN reagent.
A highly regio- and stereoselective alpha-methylation reaction of gamma,delta-epoxy-alpha,beta-unsaturated esters was achieved by using a Me2Zn-CuCN reagent.
Hirai
Atsushi
A
Division of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Hokkaido University, 060-0810 Sapporo, Japan.
Matsui
Atsushi
A
Komatsu
Kei
K
Tanino
Keiji
K
Miyashita
Masaaki
M