title: Substituted epoxides by lithiation of terminal epoxides.
abstract: Diamine-ligand-assisted direct hydrogen-lithium exchange allows the generation of nonstabilized (H-substituted) oxiranyllithium species and their subsequent trapping by Bu(3)SnCl and carbonyl-based electrophiles. This reaction provides a new concise route to alpha,beta-epoxystannanes and substituted epoxides.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford, Chemistry Research Laboratory, Mansfield Road, Oxford OX1 3TA, UK. david.hodgson@chem.ox.ac.uk
authors.forename: David M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Hodgson
authors.forename: Nigel J
authors.initials: NJ
authors.lastname: Reynolds
authors.forename: Steven J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Coote