New Chiral Binaphthalene-Derived Iminium Salt Organocatalysts for Asymmetric Epoxidation of Alkenes

Authors :: Benjamin R. Buckley
Philip C. Bulman Page
Mohamed M. Farah
A. John Blacker
Source :: ChemInform. 38
Publication Year :: 2007
Publisher :: Wiley, 2007.
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%.

Subjects :: chemistry.chemical_classification
Alkene
Chemistry
Organic Chemistry
Enantioselective synthesis
Iminium
Salt (chemistry)
Stereoisomerism
Oxidation reduction
Azepines
General Medicine
Alkenes
Naphthalenes
Catalysis
Organocatalysis
Epoxy Compounds
Organic chemistry
Imines
Oxidation-Reduction

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