Enantioselective epoxidation of allylic alcohols by a chiral complex of vanadium: An effective controller system and a rational mechanistic model

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 44, Issue 28, 2005, Pages 4389-4391

  Zhang, Wei ^a   Basak, Arindrajit ^a   Kosugi, Yuji ^b   Hoshino, Yujiro ^a   Yamamoto, Hisashi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Asymmetric catalysis; Chirality; Epoxidation; Ligand design; Vanadium

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLS; CATALYSTS; OXIDATION; REACTION KINETICS; STEREOCHEMISTRY; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

ACHIRAL OXIDANTS; CATALYST LOADING; ENANTIOSELECTIVE EPOXIDATION; REACTION TEMPERATURE;

COMPLEXATION;

ALCOHOL DERIVATIVE; ALLYL COMPOUND; EPOXIDE; VANADIUM;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; STEREOISOMERISM;

ALCOHOLS; ALLYL COMPOUNDS; EPOXY COMPOUNDS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; STEREOISOMERISM; VANADIUM;

EID: 22744455748     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.200500938     Document Type: Article

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