Author/Authors :
Lo، نويسنده , , Ching-Yu and Pal، نويسنده , , Sitaram and Odedra، نويسنده , , Arjan and Liu، نويسنده , , Rai-Shung Liu، نويسنده ,
Abstract :
We report new ruthenium-catalyzed cis–trans isomerization of various functionalized epoxides. Enantiospecific isomerization of chiral epoxides is achieved without loss of enantiopurity, and epimerization occurs only at the epoxide carbon of the activating group.