Efficient metal salt catalyzed azidolysis of epoxides with sodium azide in acetonitrile

Titanium isopropoxide-mediated nucleophilic openings of 2,3-epoxy alcohols. A mild procedure for regioselective ring-opening

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Natural Sciences, Chemistry, Catalysis +4

Selective transformations of 2,3-epoxy alcohols and related derivatives. Strategies for nucleophilic attack at carbon-3 or carbon-2

Carl H. Behrens, K. Barry Sharpless · The Journal of Organic Chemistry · 1985 · 164 citations

Natural Sciences, Chemistry, Catalysis +6

Solid-supported sodium azide reagents: their preparation and reactions with epoxides

Makoto Onaka, Keisuke Sugita, Yūsuke Izumi · The Journal of Organic Chemistry · 1989 · 60 citations

Natural Sciences, Chemistry, Analytical Chemistry +6

Highly nucleophilic tributyltin azide in oxirane ring cleavage leading to 1,2-azido alcohol

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Natural Sciences, Chemistry, Medicinal Chemistry +7

Synthesis of compounds active against HIV. Part 2. Preparation of some 2′,3′-dideoxy-6′-fluorocarbocyclic nucleosides

Diane M. Coe, Peter L. Myers, David M. Parry et al. · Journal of the Chemical Society Chemical Communications · 1990 · 51 citations

Natural Sciences, Chemistry, Medicinal Chemistry +15