David J. Fox, Daniel Sejer Pedersen, Asger B. Petersen and Stuart Warren
Org. Biomol. Chem., 2006,4, 3117-3119
DOI:
10.1039/B606881B,
Paper
Treatment of 1,2-diols with diphenylphosphinoyl chloride in pyridine produces β-chloroethyl phosphinates which react with complete control of stereochemistry to give epoxides and azido-alcohols, useful intermediates in cyclopropane synthesis.