Abstract The asymmetric epoxidation of α, β-unsaturated ketones has been achieved by using functional and readily accessible primary-secondary diamines as the catalysts, giving the useful alkyl epoxy products with good yields and high enantioselectivities (up to 99% ee).
[Krafft, Marie E.; Bonaga, Llorente V. R.; Felts, Andrew S.; Hirosawa, Chitaru; Kerrigan, Sean Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2003 , vol. 68, # 15 p. 6039 - 6042]
