Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis

Asymmetric Counteranion??Directed Iron Catalysis: A Highly Enantioselective Sulfoxidation

S Liao, B List

Index: Liao, Saihu; List, Benjamin Advanced Synthesis and Catalysis, 2012 , vol. 354, # 13 p. 2363 - 2367

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Abstract

Abstract A highly active and enantioselective ion-pair sulfoxidation catalyst, consisting of an achiral iron (III)-salen cation and a chiral phosphate counteranion, mediates the oxidization of various sulfides with high yields and enantioselectivities. The enantioselectivities observed, especially for electron-poor substrates, represent the best results so far in manganese and iron-salen systems. This work represents the first application of our ...