It has been shown for a wide range of epoxy compounds that their interaction with triphenylphosphonium triflate occurs with a high chemoselectivity and leads to the formation of (2-hydroxypropyl)triphenylphosphonium triflates ...

The Kukhtin-Ramirez reaction of 2-(3-oxo-3-phenyl)ethoxy-benzo[d]-1,3,2-dioxaphospholes with perfluorodiacetyl was monitored by NMR methods. To our surprise the initial stage involved a kinetically controlled [4+4]-cycloaddition ...