Capriati Vito, Florio Saverio, Luisi Renzo, Salomone Antonio
C.N.R., Istituto di Chimica dei Composti OrganoMetallici-ICCOM, Sezione di Bari, Dipartimento Farmaco-Chimico, Università di Bari, Via E.Orabona 4, I-70126 Bari, Italy.
Org Lett. 2002 Jul 11;4(14):2445-8. doi: 10.1021/ol026212d.
[reaction: see text] The stereospecific alpha-lithiation of optically active styrene oxides and the trapping reaction of the corresponding highly reactive intermediates with electrophiles to produce optically active styrene oxide derivatives are described. This methodology has been applied to the synthesis of an optically active oral antifungal agent of industrial interest.