An enantiopure pseudo-C3-symmetric titanium triflate with propeller-like chirality as a catalyst for asymmetric sulfoxidation reactions

Philip Axe; Steven D Bull; Matthew G Davidson; Matthew D Jones; Diane E J E Robinson; William L Mitchell; John E Warren

doi:10.1039/b918141p

An enantiopure pseudo-C3-symmetric titanium triflate with propeller-like chirality as a catalyst for asymmetric sulfoxidation reactions

Dalton Trans. 2009 Dec 14:(46):10169-71. doi: 10.1039/b918141p. Epub 2009 Oct 5.

Authors

Philip Axe¹, Steven D Bull, Matthew G Davidson, Matthew D Jones, Diane E J E Robinson, William L Mitchell, John E Warren

Affiliation

¹ Department of Chemistry, University of Bath, UK BA2 7AY.

PMID: 19921048
DOI: 10.1039/b918141p

Abstract

A chiral pseudo-C(3)-symmetric titanium triflate that employs the point chirality of a single stereogenic centre to control the propeller chirality of its aryl rings has been used to catalyse an asymmetric sulfoxidation reaction.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Catalysis
Mesylates / chemistry*
Molecular Conformation
Stereoisomerism
Sulfoxides / chemistry*
Titanium / chemistry*

Substances

Mesylates
Sulfoxides
Titanium
trifluoromethanesulfonic acid