(R)-2-Benzhydryloxirane → (2S)-1,1-diphenyl-pent-4-ene-2-ol

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(2R)-2-benzhydryl-oxirane (0.5 g, 2.38 mmol) 23a was dissolved in dry THF (5 ml) and was added into a dry THF solution at −78° C. containing CuI (0.045 g, 0.24 mmol) and vinylmagnesium bromide (5.95 ml of 1.0M solution in THF, 5.95 mmol). The reaction mixture was stirred and allowed to reach room temperature over a period of 2h, and then quenched with saturated NH4Cl solution. The aqueous phase was extracted with ethyl acetate (3×30 ml). The combined organic phase was washed with brine and dried over anhydrous Na2SO4. The solvent was removed and the residue was purified by flash chromatography on silica gel (Hexane/Ethyl Ether=4:1) to give 0.4 g (2S)-1,1-diphenyl-pent-4-ene-2-ol (70%, [α]D=(−)25, c=1, MeOH).

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