Johnson-Corey-Chaykovsky reaction
... that the Johnson-Corey-Chaykovsky reaction, now used in a total synthesis of chemotherapeutic drug taxol, was developed after an attempted Wittig-like olefin synthesis yielded an epoxide instead?
... that the <b id="mwC08"><a class="mw-redirect" href="./Johnson-Corey-Chaykovsky_reaction" id="mwC1A" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Johnson-Corey-Chaykovsky reaction">Johnson-Corey-Chaykovsky reaction</a></b>, now used in a <a href="./Danishefsky_Taxol_total_synthesis" id="mwC1E" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Danishefsky Taxol total synthesis">total synthesis</a> of <a href="./Chemotherapy" id="mwC1I" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Chemotherapy">chemotherapeutic</a> drug <a href="./Paclitaxel" id="mwC1M" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Paclitaxel">taxol</a>, was developed after an attempted <a href="./Wittig_reaction" id="mwC1Q" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Wittig reaction">Wittig-like</a> <a href="./Alkene" id="mwC1U" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Alkene">olefin</a> synthesis yielded an <a href="./Epoxide" id="mwC1Y" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Epoxide">epoxide</a> instead?