I. Fernandez et al., AEROBIC CATALYTIC EPOXIDATION OF UNFUNCTIONALIZED OLEFINS USING A NEW(SALEN) MANGANESE(III) COMPLEX BEARING A SESQUITERPENE SALICYLALDEHYDE DERIVATIVE, Tetrahedron, 52(36), 1996, pp. 12031-12038
A chiral (salen) manganese (III) complex 1 bearing a sesquiterpene sal
icylaldehyde and (RP)-1,2-clohexanediamine moieties has been prepared.
This complex catalyses the epoxidation of unfunctionalized olefins wi
th iodosylbenzene and molecular oxygen/pivalaldehyde as terminal oxida
nts. In all cases the chemical yield was high although the enantiomeri
c excess obtained were low. Copyright (C) 1996 Elsevier Science Ltd.