Ruthenium(II) complexes with chiral tetradentate P2N2 ligands catalyze the asymmetric epoxidation of olefins with H2O2

Organometallics

Volumn 19, Issue 20, 2000, Pages 4117-4126

  Stoop, Robert M ^a   Bachmann, Stephan ^a   Valentini, Massimiliano ^a   Mezzetti, Antonio ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; CATALYSIS; CATALYSTS; COMPLEXATION; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; METHOD OF MOMENTS; OLEFINS; OXIDATION; STEREOCHEMISTRY; STRUCTURE (COMPOSITION); STYRENE; WATER;

ASYMMETRIC EPOXIDATION; CHIRAL TETRADENTATE LIGANDS; ENANTIOSELECTIVE EPOXIDATION; METHYLSTYRENE; OXIDANT; UNFUNCTIONALIZED OLEFINS;

RUTHENIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 0034300998     PISSN: 02767333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/om000481v     Document Type: Article

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