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Robinson, Philip L.; Barry, Carey N.; Bass, S. Woody; Jarvis, Susan E.; Evans, Slayton A. (December 1983). "Regioselective cyclodehydration of chiral diols with diethoxytriphenylphosphorane, triphenylphosphine-tetrachloromethane-potassium carbonate, and triphenylphosphine-diethyl azodicarboxylate
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Robinson, Philip L.; Barry, Carey N.; Kelly, Jeffery W.; Evans, Slayton A. (September 1985). "Diethoxytriphenylphosphorane: a mild, regioselective cyclodehydrating reagent for conversion of diols to cyclic ethers: stereochemistry, synthetic utility, and scope".
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Evans helped pay for his school tuition by mowing lawns and during eighth grade he was a junior assistant janitor at his elementary school. Later he worked in the high school cafeteria. In his third year of high school, he considered going into the
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Kaloustian, Moses K.; Dennis, Nicholas; Mager, Sorin; Evans, Slayton A.; Alcudia, Felipe; Eliel, Ernest L. (February 1976). "Conformational analysis. XXXI. Conformational equilibria of 1,3-dioxanes with polar substituents at C-5".
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Evans was a leading researcher in the field of organophosphorus chemistry, authoring more than 85 scientific articles on organosulfur and organophosphorus chemistry. His research led to a deeper understanding of the functions of
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store. Slayton's interest in chemistry began early, when he was given a chemistry set. In addition, a small microscope allowed him to study various plant specimens and insects. Evans and his two younger siblings enrolled at a
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Kelly, Jeffery W.; Anderson, Nita L.; Evans, Slayton A. (January 1986). "Cyclodehydration of N- and C-substituted .beta.-amino alcohols to the corresponding aziridines with diethoxytriphenylphosphorane".
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Lefebvre, Isabelle M.; Evans, Slayton A. (October 1997). "Studies toward the
Asymmetric Synthesis of α-Amino Phosphonic Acids via the Addition of Phosphites to Enantiopure Sulfinimines".
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Slayton Alvin Evans Jr. was born on May 17, 1943, in
Chicago, Illinois, to Corine M. Thompson Evans and Slayton A. Evans, Sr. Months later, his father was called to serve in
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