H. Sasaki et al., RATIONAL DESIGN OF MN-SALEN CATALYST (2) - HIGHLY ENANTIOSELECTIVE EPOXIDATION OF CONJUGATED CIS-OLEFINS, Tetrahedron, 50(41), 1994, pp. 11827-11838
On the basis of the newly proposed hypothesis on the mechanism of asym
metric induction, highly efficient (salen)managanese(III) complex (3)
was constructed as a catalyst for asymmetric epoxidation. With this ca
talyst, the highest level of enantioselectivity was realized in the ep
oxidation of various conjugated cis-olefins.