Monthly Archives: February 2014

Kharasch-Sosnovsky Oxidation

Kharasch-Sosnovsky Oxidation

Characteristics Kharasch and Sosnovsky reported the allylic oxidation of alkenes to give racemic allylic benzoate’s. This could be achieved efficiently using a tert-butyl perester as the ...

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Kharasch Addition

Kharasch Addition

Characteristics Kharasch addition is  the addition of polyhalogenated compounds to alkenes. This reaction was first reported in the 1940s by Kharasch[a] and today is known as Kharasch addition or ...

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Karl Barry Sharpless

Karl Barry Sharpless

Karl Barry Sharpless (born in 1941) is an American chemist who was awarded half the 2001 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his research into chirally catalysed oxidation reactions. He has discovered and ...

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