Marion Davoust, Jean-François Brière and Patrick Metzner
Org. Biomol. Chem., 2006,4, 3048-3051
DOI:
10.1039/B607040J,
Communication
A highly diastereoselective organocatalytic synthesis of unique functionalised vinyl epoxides, displaying a Morita–Baylis–Hillman backbone, has been developed by means of an user friendly sulfonium ylide