[2,3]Wittig rearrangement of 2′-alkenyloxyacetic acid esters

The first practical method for asymmetric epoxidation

Tsutomu Katsuki, K. Barry Sharpless · Journal of the American Chemical Society · 1980 · 2.6K citations

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A highly stereoselective synthesis of Z-trisubstituted olefins via [2,3]-sigmatropic rearrangement. Preference for a pseudoaxially substituted transition state

W. Clark Still, Abhijit Mitra · Journal of the American Chemical Society · 1978 · 236 citations

Natural Sciences, Chemistry, Organic Chemistry +5

The [2,3]Wittig rearrangement of 2-alkenyloxyacetic acids and its applications to the stereocontrolled synthesis of β, γ-unsaturated aldehydes and conjugated dienoic acids

Takeshi Nakai, Kōichi Mikami, Shiro Taya et al. · Tetrahedron Letters · 1981 · 65 citations

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