Ruthenium-catalyzed asymmetric epoxidation of olefins using H 2O2, part II: Catalytic activities and mechanism

Chemistry - A European Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1875-1888

  Tse, Man Kin ^a   Bhor, Santosh ^a   Klawonn, Markus ^a   Anilkumar, Gopinathan ^a   Jiao, Haijun ^a   Spannenberg, Anke ^a   Döbler, Christian ^a   Magerlein, Wolfgang ^b   Hugl, Herbert ^b   Beller, Matthias ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

^b LANXESS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Asymmetric oxidation; Epoxidation; Homogeneous catalysis; Mechanism; Olefins; Ruthenium

Indexed keywords

CATALYSIS; CATALYSTS; HYDROGEN INORGANIC COMPOUNDS; ORGANIC ACIDS; ORGANIC SOLVENTS; OXIDATION; RUTHENIUM COMPOUNDS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

ASYMMETRIC OXIDATION; ELECTRON-WITHDRAWING GROUP; EPOXIDATION;

OLEFINS;

EID: 33644559361     PISSN: 09476539     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/chem.200501262     Document Type: Article

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