1987 Volume 35 Issue 4 Pages 1633-1636
Racemic fluoroalkyl (E) -vinyl carbinols (1a-d) were kinetically resolved by Sharpless epoxidation. The optical purity of the resolved alcohols was excellent (98% ee) in mono-and difluoromethyl derivatives (1b and 1c) and moderate (60% ee) in a trifluoromethyl compound (1a).