Rearrangements of ethylene oxide derivatives. Stereoselectivity of the prochiral C1 hydrogens in the boron trifluoride catalysed rearrangement of 1,2-epoxyoctane
JM Coxon and C Lim
Australian Journal of Chemistry
30(5) 1137 - 1143
Published: 1977
Abstract
The boron trifluoride catalysed rearrangement of 1,2-epoxyoctane to give octanal proceeds by selective (c. 1.4 : 1) migration of the prochiral hydrogen trans to the alkyl group.https://doi.org/10.1071/CH9771137
© CSIRO 1977
