Abstract
The asymmetric ring-opening of epoxides is an important reaction in organic synthesis, since it allows for the enantioselective installation of two vicinal functional groups with specific stereochemistry within one step from a highly available starting material. An effective class of catalysts for the asymmetric ring-opening of epoxides is metal–salen complexes. This review summarizes the development of metal–salen catalyzed enantioselective desymmetrization of meso-epoxides and kinetic resolution of epoxides with various nucleophiles, including the design and application of both homogeneous- and heterogeneous epoxide-opening catalysts as well as multi-metallic covalent and supramolecular catalytic systems.
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | 705 |
| Journal | Catalysts |
| Volume | 10 |
| Issue number | 6 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2020 |
Subject classification (UKÄ)
- Biocatalysis and Enzyme Technology
Free keywords
- Asymmetric catalysis
- Epoxide
- Kinetic resolution
- Ring-opening
- Salen complexes