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High levels of stereoinduction are obtained in the epoxidation of 1,2-dihyd
ronaphthalene catalyzed by sterically crowded manganese chiroporphyrin cata
lysts, and asymmetric induction is correlated to the degree of nonplanar di
stortion of the porphyrin free base in solution.