A highly efficient methodology of asymmetric epoxidation based on a novel chiral sulfur ylide.
A new type of chiral sulfur ylides has been synthesized and their reactivities against carbonyl compounds tested, showing a high degree of stereoselectivity in the formation of trans epoxy amides under very mild reaction conditions.
Department of Organic Chemistry, Faculty of Sciences, University of Malaga, Campus de Teatinos s/n, 29071-Malaga, Spain. frsarabia@uma.es
Francisco
F
Sarabia
Samy
S
Chammaa
Miguel
M
García-Castro
Francisca
F
Martín-Gálvez