Manganese Catalysts with C1??Symmetric N4 Ligand for Enantioselective Epoxidation of Olefins

B Wang, C Miao, S Wang, C Xia…

Index: Wang, Bin; Miao, Chengxia; Wang, Shoufeng; Xia, Chungu; Sun, Wei Chemistry - A European Journal, 2012 , vol. 18, # 22 p. 6750 - 6753

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Abstract

The attainment of both high catalytic efficiency and high enantioselectivity remains a formidable challenge in asymmetric epoxidation of olefins, which is a very important organic transformation, because the resulting enantiomerically pure epoxides are highly useful intermediates and building blocks.[1] Initially, naturally occurring metalloenzymes that use molecular oxygen as the oxidant, such as cytochrome P450 enzymes, opened the way for ...