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Synfacts 2010(9): 1034-1034
DOI: 10.1055/s-0030-1257941
DOI: 10.1055/s-0030-1257941
Metal-Catalyzed Asymmetric Synthesis and Stereoselective Reactions
© Georg Thieme Verlag
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Asymmetric Zr(IV)-and Hf(IV)-Catalyzed Epoxidation of Alkenyl Alcohols
Z. Li, H. Yamamoto*
The University of Chicago, USA
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Publication History
Publication Date:
23 August 2010 (online)
Significance
The presented method employs a combination of bishydroxamic acid ligands and zirconium or hafnium for asymmetric epoxidation. This system has shown to be effective for traditionally very challenging substrates for epoxidations, such as homoallylic and bishomoallylic alcohols.