The mechanistic basis for electronic effects on enantioselectivity in the (salen)Mn(III)-catalyzed epoxidation reaction

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 120, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 948-954

  Palucki, Michael ^a   Finney, Nathaniel S ^a   Pospisil, Paul J ^a   Güler, Mehmet L ^a   Ishida, Toyohisa ^a   Jacobsen, Eric N ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MANGANESE;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CATALYST; CHEMICAL REACTION; ENANTIOMER; EPOXIDATION;

EID: 0032506979     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja973468j     Document Type: Article

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