A quantitative UV-VIS probe of enantioselectivity in metalloporphyrin catalyzed oxygenation using aluminium model complexes

James P. Collman*, Zhong Wang, Christian Linde, Lei Fu, Louis Dang, John I. Brauman

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Abstract

UV-VIS spectroscopy is used to study the selective binding of enantiomeric pairs of chiral epoxides to an ααββ binaphthyl-strapped A1 porphyrin; the binding selectivity correlates to the enantioselectivity in the epoxidation of alkenes catalyzed by its Fe analog.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1783-1784
Number of pages2
JournalChemical Communications
Issue number18
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 21 Sept 1999
Externally publishedYes

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