A new method to convert secondary alcohols in their single mirror image form into tertiary alcohols has been developed. Starting from a single enantiomer of the secondary alcohol, either mirror image form of the tertiary alcohol can be made with very high levels of stereocontrol. A broad range of tertiary alcohols can now be easily made by this method with very high levels of selectivity.
- Jake L. Stymiest
- Viktor Bagutski
- Varinder K. Aggarwal
