Highly Enantioselective Epoxidation of α, β??Unsaturated Ketones Catalyzed by Primary??Secondary Diamines

…, C Zheng, Y Yang, G Zhao, G Zou

Index: Lu, Yingpeng; Zheng, Changwu; Yang, Yingquan; Zhao, Gang; Zou, Gang Advanced Synthesis and Catalysis, 2011 , vol. 353, # 17 p. 3129 - 3133

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Abstract

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).