Effective asymmetric epoxidation of styrenes by chiral dioxirane.

David V. Goeddel,Lianhe Shu,Yi Yuan,Andrea O. Wong,Bin Wang,Yian Shi

Effective asymmetric epoxidation of styrenes by chiral dioxirane.

2006

David V. Goeddel
Lianhe Shu
Yi Yuan
Andrea O. Wong
Bin Wang
Yian Shi

High enantioselectivity (80−92% enantiomeric excess (ee)) has been obtained for the epoxidation of various styrenes using an easily prepared ketone (4) catalyst.

Keywords:

Enantioselective synthesis
Chemical synthesis
Dioxirane
Photochemistry
Catalysis
Enantiomeric excess
Chirality (chemistry)
Ketone
Organic chemistry
Chemistry

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