Organic reactions in water: an efficient one-pot synthesis of acyloxiranes from Baylis–Hillman adducts using hypervalent iodine

• DOI: 10.1016/j.tetlet.2005.10.078
• Publication Date: 2005-11-10T12:17:36Z
• Authors: Biswanath Das; Harish Holla; Katta Venkateswarlu; Anjoy Majhi
• Keywords: 01 natural sciences; 0104 chemical sciences

Abstract Treatment of Baylis–Hillman adducts with iodosobenzene (PhI O) in the presence of a catalytic amount of KBr in water at room temperature afforded the corresponding acyloxiranes in good yields.