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Chiral Cobalt-Catalyzed Enantiomer-Differentiating Oxidation of Racemic Benzoins by Using Molecular Oxygen as Stoichiometric Oxidant

✍ Scribed by Santosh Kumar Alamsetti; Pandi Muthupandi; Govindasamy Sekar


Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
2009
Tongue
English
Weight
196 KB
Volume
15
Category
Article
ISSN
0947-6539

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Abstract

An efficient enantioselective oxidative reaction catalyzed by a chiral cobalt complex has been developed by using molecular oxygen as the stoichiometric oxidant (see scheme). The very mild reaction conditions of the catalytic system provide access to a wide range of benzoins (α‐hydroxyketones) in high yield and excellent enantioselectivity (s (k~f~/k~s~) up to 47). This method is very versatile because the sole by‐product of our oxidation process is water, which makes our system more eco‐friendly and green.magnified image


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