Synthesis of (-)-ambrox from ℓ-abietic acid

High stereo- and regioselectivities in the transition metal catalyzed epoxidations of olefinic alcohols by tert-butyl hydroperoxide

K. Barry Sharpless, Robert Michaelson · Journal of the American Chemical Society · 1973 · 737 citations

Chemical Engineering, Engineering, Alkene Metathesis +11

Osmium tetroxide catalyzed hydroxylation of hindered olefins

Rahul Ray, Donald S. Matteson · Tetrahedron Letters · 1980 · 151 citations

Engineering, Osmium Tetroxide, Organic Chemistry +4

Osmium catalyzed vicinal hydroxylation of olefins by tert-butyl hydroperoxide under alkaline conditions

K. Barry Sharpless, Kageyasu Akashi · Journal of the American Chemical Society · 1976 · 151 citations

Chemical Engineering, Environmental Chemistry, Alkaline Conditionsk +14

N,N,N',N'-Tetramethylphosphorodiamidate group. Useful function for the protection or reductive deoxygenation of alcohols and ketones

Robert E. Ireland, David C. Muchmore, Urs Hengartner · Journal of the American Chemical Society · 1972 · 133 citations

N'-tetramethylphosphorodiamidate Group, Reductive Deoxygenation, Chemical Measurement +13

Synthetic studies on polyether antibiotics. II. Stereocontrolled syntheses of epoxides of bishomoallylic alcohols.

Tohru Fukuyama, Branka Vranešić, D. P. NEGRI et al. · Tetrahedron Letters · 1978 · 103 citations

Engineering, Synthetic Studies, Polyether Antibiotics +6