Asymmetric Epoxidation of Olefins by Man
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B. M. Choudary; Ujjwal Pal; M. Lakshmi Kantam; K. V. S. Ranganath; B. Sreedhar
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Article
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2006
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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## Abstract The asymmetric epoxidation of unfunctionalised olefins to epoxides is realised by using manganese(III) complexes stabilised on nanocrystalline magnesium oxide in the presence (1__R__,2__R__)‐(−)‐diaminocyclohexane as a chiral ligand in good yields and up to 91 % enantiomeric excess.