Catalytic asymmetric epoxidation of aliphatic enones using tartrate-derived magnesium alkoxides†
Olivier Jacques,Sarah J. Richards
Chemical Communications Pub Date : 11/27/2001 00:00:00 , DOI:10.1039/B109421A
Abstract
Simple aliphatic enones can be converted into the corresponding epoxides in 71–93% ee using tert-butylhydroperoxide in the presence of a catalyst derived from dibutylmagnesium and di-tert-butyl tartrate.
