A reversal of the stereochemistry of base mediated isomerisation of some isonitrile epoxides to hydroxy-vinyl isonitriles on changing from lithium diisopropylamide to lithium bis(trimethylsilyl)amide is reported and applied to a synthesis of racemic desepoxyaerocyanidin.
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Baldwin et al. (1997) studied this question.