H. Sasaki et al., CONSTRUCTION OF HIGHLY EFFICIENT MN-SALEN CATALYST FOR ASYMMETRIC EPOXIDATION OF CONJUGATED CIS-OLEFINS, Synlett, (5), 1994, pp. 356-358
On the basis of the newly proposed hypothesis on the olefin's approach
to metal-oxo species, highly efficient (salen)manganese(III) complex
(3) was synthesized as a catalyst for asymmetric epoxidation. With thi
s catalyst, the highest level of enantioselectivity was realized in th
e epoxidation of conjugated cis-olefins.