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Synfacts 2011(12): 1327-1327  
DOI: 10.1055/s-0031-1289324
Metal-Catalyzed Asymmetric Synthesis and Stereoselective Reactions
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Asymmetric Epoxidation Catalyzed by Titanium(salalen) Complex

Contributor(s): Hisashi Yamamoto, Kimberly Griffin
K. Matsumoto, C. Feng, S. Handa, T. Oguma, T. Katsuki*
Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
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18 November 2011 (online)

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Significance

Enantioenriched epoxides give ­access to a variety of structural motifs found in natural products and biologically active molecules. Herein, the authors report the use of a titanium(salalen) catalyst in the asymmetric epoxidation of aldehyde enol esters and ethers.