Asymmetric Epoxidation of Olefins by Manganese(III) Complexes Stabilised on Nanocrystalline Magnesium Oxide

✍ Scribed by B. M. Choudary; Ujjwal Pal; M. Lakshmi Kantam; K. V. S. Ranganath; B. Sreedhar

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 2006
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 179 KB
• Volume: 348
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1615-4150
• DOI: 10.1002/adsc.200505428

✦ Synopsis

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.