title: Synthesis of allylic alcohols from oxazolinyloxiranes.
abstract: Lithium diisopropylamide (LDA) (or s-BuLi/TMEDA) in diethyl ether promotes smooth ring opening of oxazolinyl alkyl oxiranes to give oxazolinyl allylic alcohols, which are masked Baylis-Hillman adducts, in good to excellent yields. An E2-E1cb-like syn-beta-elimination is proposed to explain the easy base-promoted isomerization of the studied oxiranes.
authors.affiliation: C.N.R., Istituto di Chimica dei Composti OrganoMetallici "ICCOM", Sezione di Bari, Dipartimento Farmaco-Chimico, Università di Bari, Via E. Orabona 4, I-70126 Bari, Italy.
authors.forename: Filippo M
authors.initials: FM
authors.lastname: Perna
authors.forename: Vito
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Capriati
authors.forename: Saverio
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Florio
authors.forename: Renzo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Luisi