Asymmetric epoxidation of terminal alkenes with hydrogen peroxide catalyzed by pentafluorophenyl PtII complexes

Marco Colladon; Alessandro Scarso; Paolo Sgarbossa; Rino A Michelin; Giorgio Strukul

doi:10.1021/ja0647607

Asymmetric epoxidation of terminal alkenes with hydrogen peroxide catalyzed by pentafluorophenyl PtII complexes

J Am Chem Soc. 2006 Nov 1;128(43):14006-7. doi: 10.1021/ja0647607.

Authors

Marco Colladon¹, Alessandro Scarso, Paolo Sgarbossa, Rino A Michelin, Giorgio Strukul

Affiliation

¹ Dipartimento di Chimica, Università Ca' Foscari di Venezia, Dorsoduro 2137, 30123 Venice, Italy, and Dipartimento di Processi Chimici dell'Ingegneria, Università di Padova, Via F. Marzolo 9, 35131 Padua, Italy.

PMID: 17061865
DOI: 10.1021/ja0647607

Abstract

Easily accessible chiral PtII complexes 1 allow highly enantioselective and completely regioselective asymmetric epoxidation of terminal alkenes with hydrogen peroxide