C-2-Symmetric chiral binaphthyl ketones, efficient catalysts for asymmetric
epoxidation, have been synthesized through an intramolecuar Ullmann reacti
on and/or a lipase-catalyzed enantioselective hydrolysis of the 11-membered
cyclic binaphthyl acetate. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reser
ved.