Electronically tuned chiral ruthenium porphyrins: Extremely stable and selective catalysts for asymmetric epoxidation and cyclopropanation

Chemistry - A European Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 19, 2003, Pages 4746-4756

  Berkessel, Albrecht ^a   Kaiser, Patrick ^a   Lex, Johann ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Asymmetric catalysis; Cyclopropanation; Epoxidation; Porphyrins; Ruthenium

Indexed keywords

CATALYST ACTIVITY; ETHYLENE; OXIDATION;

CATALYST STABILITY;

RUTHENIUM COMPOUNDS;

ALKENE DERIVATIVE; ANTHRACENE DERIVATIVE; CARBON MONOXIDE; DIAZOACETIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; LIGAND; PORPHYRIN DERIVATIVE; RUTHENIUM DERIVATIVE; STILBENE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CATALYST; CHIRALITY; CYCLOPROPANATION; ENANTIOMER; EPOXIDATION; MOLECULAR STABILITY; REACTION ANALYSIS;

EID: 0142119412     PISSN: 09476539     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/chem.200305045     Document Type: Article

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