Abstract
Introduction of a pseudoaxial substituent at a stereogenic center adjacent to the nitrogen atom in binaphthyl- and biphenyl-derived azepinium salt organo-catalysts affords improved enantioselectivities and yields in the epoxidation of unfunctionalized alkenes. In the biphenyl-derived catalysts, the atropoisomerism at the biphenyl axis is controlled by the interaction of this substituent with the chiral substituent at nitrogen.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 6128-6138 |
| Number of pages | 11 |
| Journal | The Journal of Organic Chemistry |
| Volume | 77 |
| Issue number | 14 |
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| Publication status | Published - 20 Jul 2012 |