REGIOSELECTIVE AND ENANTIOSELECTIVE CATALYTIC EPOXIDATION OF CONJUGATED POLYENES - FORMAL SYNTHESIS OF LTA(4) METHYL-ESTER

Authors
CHANG S LEE NH JACOBSEN EN
Citation
S. Chang et al., REGIOSELECTIVE AND ENANTIOSELECTIVE CATALYTIC EPOXIDATION OF CONJUGATED POLYENES - FORMAL SYNTHESIS OF LTA(4) METHYL-ESTER, Journal of organic chemistry, 58(25), 1993, pp. 6939-6941
Citations number
25
Categorie Soggetti
Chemistry Inorganic & Nuclear
Journal title
Journal of organic chemistry → ACNP
ISSN journal
00223263
Volume
58
Issue
25
Year of publication
1993
Pages
6939 - 6941
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-3263(1993)58:25<6939:RAECEO>2.0.ZU;2-W
Abstract
The (salen)Mn(III)-catalyzed asymmetric epoxidation reaction exhibits regioselectivity for attack at cis double bonds of conjugated dienes t o afford enantiomerically enriched trans-vinyl epoxides as the major p roducts.