Tetrahedron

Novel biphenyl organocatalysts for iminium ion-catalyzed asymmetric epoxidation

…, PCB Page, BR Buckley, AJ Blacker, MRJ Elsegood

Index: Farah, Mohamed M.; Page, Philip C. Bulman; Buckley, Benjamin R.; Blacker, A. John; Elsegood, Mark R.J. Tetrahedron, 2013 , vol. 69, # 2 p. 758 - 769

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Abstract

Two novel chiral biphenyl iminium salts derived from l-acetonamine, containing electron- withdrawing 3, 3′-substituents on the biphenyl unit, have been prepared and tested as asymmetric catalysts for epoxidation of prochiral alkenes. The results are compared with those achieved using the corresponding unsubstituted system.