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Synthetic Utility of Epoxides for Chiral Functionalization of Isoxazoles. Tetrahedron Lett (2008) 0.91

Asymmetric syntheses of three-membered heterocycles using chiral amide-based ammonium ylides. Org Biomol Chem (2015) 0.89

Towards a General Understanding of Carbonyl-Stabilised Ammonium Ylide-Mediated Epoxidation Reactions. Chemistry (2016) 0.87

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Effect of sulfide structure on enantioselectivity in catalytic asymmetric epoxidation of aldehydes: mechanistic insights and implications. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2004) 0.75

Reagent controlled addition of chiral sulfur ylides to chiral aldehydes. Beilstein J Org Chem (2005) 0.75

Unraveling the mechanism of epoxide formation from sulfur ylides and aldehydes. J Am Chem Soc (2002) 0.96

A new protocol for the in situ generation of aromatic, heteroaromatic, and unsaturated diazo compounds and its application in catalytic and asymmetric epoxidation of carbonyl compounds. Extensive studies to map out scope and limitations, and rationalization of diastereo- and enantioselectivities. J Am Chem Soc (2003) 0.93

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Total synthesis of citrafungin A. J Org Chem (2008) 0.90

Palladium-catalyzed chemo- and enantioselective oxidation of allylic esters and carbonates. J Am Chem Soc (2006) 0.84

Total synthesis of aigialomycin D using a one-pot ketene generation-trapping-aromatization sequence. Org Lett (2009) 0.84

Sulfur-ylide-mediated synthesis of functionalized and trisubstituted epoxides with high enantioselectivity; application to the synthesis of CDP-840. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl (2003) 0.83

On the origin of high E selectivity in the Wittig reaction of stabilized ylides: importance of dipole-dipole interactions. J Am Chem Soc (2005) 0.78

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Two-step cyanomethylation protocol: convenient access to functionalized aryl- and heteroarylacetonitriles. Org Lett (2015) 0.75