An easy approach to butenolides by Horner-Wadsworth-Emmons olefination of α-hydroxy ketones

Procedure for the catalytic asymmetric epoxidation of allylic alcohols in the presence of molecular sieves

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Natural Sciences, Chemistry, Biocatalysis +6

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Pharmacy, Medicinal Chemistry, Bioisosterism +4

The stereoselective synthesis of acyclic and exocyclic trisubstituted olefins via a hydroxyl-directed Wittig reaction

Philip Garner, Ramakanth Sarabu · The Journal of Organic Chemistry · 1987 · 41 citations

Natural Sciences, Chemistry, Catalysis +7

Enantioselective Synthesis of Pseudomonic Acids. I. Synthesis of Key Intermediates

Bernhard Schönenberger, Walter Summermatter, Camille Ganter · Helvetica Chimica Acta · 1982 · 18 citations

Natural Sciences, Chemistry, Microbiology +5