V. Schurig et F. Betschinger, KINETIC RESOLUTION OF ALIPHATIC OXIRANES MEDIATED BY IN-SITU FORMED MOLYBDENUM(VI) (OXO-DIPEROXO) HYDROXY ACID AMIDE CHIRAL DIOL COMPLEXES, Bulletin de la Societe chimique de France, 131(5), 1994, pp. 555-560
In situ-formed molybdenum(VI) (oxo-diperoxo) hydroxy acid amide/chiral
diol complexes mediate the efficient kinetic resolution of simple ali
phatic oxiranes. This method furnishes high enantiomeric yields of the
residual oxirane. The oxidative cleavage of the oxiranes to carbonyl
compounds is a non-stoichiometric reaction in the presence of oxygen.