EFFICIENT EPOXIDATION OF CHOLESTEROL AND CHOLESTERYL ACETATE BY DIOXYGEN IN THE PRESENCE OF ISOBUTYRALDEHYDE - METALLOPORPHYRIN-ENHANCED BETA-DIASTEREOFACIAL SELECTIVITY OF EPOXIDATION

Authors
RAMASSEUL R TAVARES M MARCHON JC
Citation
R. Ramasseul et al., EFFICIENT EPOXIDATION OF CHOLESTEROL AND CHOLESTERYL ACETATE BY DIOXYGEN IN THE PRESENCE OF ISOBUTYRALDEHYDE - METALLOPORPHYRIN-ENHANCED BETA-DIASTEREOFACIAL SELECTIVITY OF EPOXIDATION, Journal of chemical research. Synopses, (3), 1992, pp. 104-105
Citations number
16
Journal title
Journal of chemical research. Synopses → ACNP
ISSN journal
03082342
Issue
3
Year of publication
1992
Pages
104 - 105
Database
ISI
SICI code
0308-2342(1992):3<104:EEOCAC>2.0.ZU;2-I
Abstract
Cholesterol and cholesteryl acetate are efficiently epoxidized by air and isobutyraldehyde; the beta-stereoselectivity of cholesteryl acetat e epoxidation is enhanced to more than 80% in the presence of (5,10,15 ,20-tetraphenylporphyrinato)nickel(II).