General Abbreviations

 

 Ac

 acetyl

 acac

 acetylacetonate

 AIBN

 azoisobutyronitrile

 BINAP

 2,2'-bis(diphenylphosphino)-1,1'-binaphthalene

 Bn

 Benzyl

 tBu

 tert-butyl

 Bz

 benzoyl

 Cbz

 benzyloxycarbonyl

 Cp

 cyclopentadienyl

 DBU

 1,8-diazabicyclo[5.4.0]undec-7-ene

 DDQ

 2,3-dichloro-5,6-dicyano-benzoquinone

 de

 diastereoisomeric excess

 DEAD

 diethylazodicarboxylate

 DET

 diethyl tartrate

 (DHQD)2PHAL

 hydroquinidine-1,4-phthalazinediyl diether

 (DHQ)2PHAL

 hydroquinine-1,4-phthalazinediyl diether

 DIBALH

 diisobutylaluminium hydride

 DIPA

 diisopropylamine

 DIPEA

 diisopropyl(ethyl)amine

 DIPT

 diisopropyl tartrate

 DMAP

 4-dimethylaminopyridine

 DMDO

 dimethyldioxirane

 DME

 1,2-dimethoxyethane

 DMF

 dimethylformamide

 DMPU

 1,3-dimethyl-3,4,5,6-tetrahydo-2[1H]-pyrimidone

 DMS

 dimethylsulfide

 DMSO

 dimethylsulfoxide

 ee

 enantiomeric excess

 FGI

 functional group interconversion

 HMPA

 hexamethylphosphoramide

 Ipc

 isopinocampheyl

 LDA

 lithium diisopropylamide

 LHMDS

 lithium hexamethyldisilazide

 LTMP

 lithium tetramethylpiperidide

  mCPBA

 3-chloroperbenzoic acid (meta-chloroperbenzoic acid)

 MOM

 methoxymethyl

 Ms

 mesyl (methanesulfonyl)

 NIS

 N-iodosuccinimide

 NMO

 N-methylmorpholine-N-oxide

 PCC

 pyridinium chlorochromate

 PDC

 pyridinium dichromate

 PMB

 para-methoxybenzyl

 iPr

 iso-propyl

RDS

rate determining step

 TBDMS

 (tert-butyl)dimethylsilyl

 TBDPS

 (tert-butyl)diphenylsilyl

 TBHP

 tert-butylhydroperoxide

 TES

 triethylsilyl

 Tf

 trifluoromethanesulfonyl

 THF

 tetrahydrofuran

 THP

 tetrahydropyranyl

 TIPS

 triisopropylsilyl

 TMEDA

 N,N,N',N'-tetramethylethylenediamine

 TMS

 trimethylsilyl

 TPAP

 tetra-n-propylammonium perruthenate

 Ts

 para-toluenesulfonyl

 T.S.

 transition state

 18C6

 18-crown-6 (1,4,7,10,18,16-hexaoxacyclooctadecane)

 )))

 ultrasound

 

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