"The question of how one chooses appropriate carbon-carbon bond disconnections is related to functional group manipula…"

"Straight-chain allylic alcohols have been crucial to the development of stereoselective syntheses of complex natural …"

"Oxidation of α,β-unsaturated ketones with alkaline hydrogen peroxide produces the corresponding keto epoxides in good…"

"Although epoxidation of cyclic alkenes occurs preferentially from the less hindered side, the presence of a polar sub…"

"The inherent strain (-27 kcal/mol) of epoxides makes them prone to (1) ring opening by a wide range of nucleophiles, …"

"Many oxidants transform acyloins (α-hydroxy ketones) into α-diketones. Copper and bismuth oxidants are commonly selec…"

"Epoxides (oxiranes) are widely used as versatile synthetic intermediates because regio- and stereoselective methods e…"

"The reaction of chloro- or bromohydrins with bases provides an economical route for the preparation of epoxides. Halo…"

"Dirnethyldioxirane (DMDO) is a mild reagent for epoxidation under neutral conditions of electron-rich as well as of e…"

"Chloroiodomethane on treatment with methyllithium-lithium bromide or n-butyllithium at low temperature undergoes lith…"