Aqueous asymmetric cyclopropanation reactions in polymersome membranes

Matthijs C M van Oers; Loai K E A Abdelmohsen; Floris P J T Rutjes; Jan C M van Hest

doi:10.1039/c3cc48865a

Aqueous asymmetric cyclopropanation reactions in polymersome membranes

Chem Commun (Camb). 2014 Apr 21;50(31):4040-3. doi: 10.1039/c3cc48865a.

Authors

Matthijs C M van Oers¹, Loai K E A Abdelmohsen, Floris P J T Rutjes, Jan C M van Hest

Affiliation

¹ Institute for Molecules and Materials, Radboud University Nijmegen, Heyendaalseweg 135, 6525 AJ Nijmegen, The Netherlands. j.vanhest@science.ru.nl f.rutjes@science.ru.nl.

PMID: 24457619
DOI: 10.1039/c3cc48865a

Abstract

Copper-bis(oxazoline) complexes have been immobilised in the hydrophobic domain of a polymersome membrane to perform asymmetric cyclopropanation reactions in aqueous media with enhanced conversions and enantioselectivities.