Kinetic Resolution in Asymmetric Epoxidation using
Iminium Salt Catalysis

C. Bulman Page, Philip; Appleby, Louise
F.; Chan, Yohan; Day, David P.; Buckley, Benjamin R.; M. Z. Slawin, Alexandra; Allin, Steven M.; McKenzie, Michael J.

doi:10.1021/jo401345m.s004

Kinetic Resolution in Asymmetric Epoxidation using Iminium Salt Catalysis

journal contribution

posted on 2015-12-16, 23:21 authored by Philip C. Bulman Page, Louise F. Appleby, Yohan Chan, David P. Day, Benjamin R. Buckley, Alexandra M. Z. Slawin, Steven M. Allin, Michael J. McKenzie

The first reported examples of kinetic resolution in epoxidation reactions using iminium salt catalysis are described, providing up to 99% ee in the epoxidation of racemic cis-chromenes.