On the synthesis of vinyl isonitriles

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Jack E. Baldwin, Deqi Chen and Andrew T. Russell


Abstract

A reversal of the stereochemistry of base mediated isomerisation of some isonitrile epoxides to hydroxy-vinyl isonitriles on changing from lithium diisopropylamide to lithium bis(trimethylsilyl)amide is reported and applied to a synthesis of racemic desepoxyaerocyanidin.


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