Journal of Organic Chemistry
2007-06-08
New chiral binaphthalene-derived iminium salt organocatalysts for asymmetric epoxidation of alkenes.
Philip C Bulman Page, Mohamed M Farah, Benjamin R Buckley, A John Blacker
Index: J. Org. Chem. 72 , 4424, (2007)
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Abstract
A series of binaphthalene-fused azepinium salts has been generated and used as organocatalysts in the asymmetric epoxidation of unfunctionalized alkenes, giving rise to ees of up to 84%.
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