Asymmetric catalysis with self-organized chiral lanthanum complexes: Practical and highly enantioselective epoxidation of α,β-unsaturated ketones

Chirality

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 83-88

  Daikai, Kazuhiro ^a   Hayano, Tetsuji ^a   Kino, Rie ^a   Furuno, Hiroshi ^a   Kagawa, Takumi ^b   Inanaga, Junji ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOSOH CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Asymmetric amplification; Asymmetric catalysis; BINOL; Chiral lanthanum complex; Cumene hydroperoxide; Positive nonlinear effect; Self organization; Triphenylphosphine oxide

Indexed keywords

CUMENE HYDROPEROXIDE; KETONE; LANTHANUM; PHOSPHINE OXIDE DERIVATIVE; TRIPHENYLPHOSPHINE;

ARTICLE; ASYMMETRIC CATALYSIS; CARBON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CHIRALITY; COMPLEX FORMATION; ENANTIOMER; EPOXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE;

BIOLOGICAL FACTORS; CATALYSIS; EPOXY COMPOUNDS; KETONES; LANTHANUM; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 0037216306     PISSN: 08990042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/chir.10167     Document Type: Article

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