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Synfacts 2010(9): 1034-1034  
DOI: 10.1055/s-0030-1257941
Metal-Catalyzed Asymmetric Synthesis and Stereoselective Reactions
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Asymmetric Zr(IV)-and Hf(IV)-Catalyzed Epoxidation of Alkenyl Alcohols

Contributor(s): Hisashi Yamamoto, Patrick Brady
Z. Li, H. Yamamoto*
The University of Chicago, USA
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23. August 2010 (online)

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Significance

The presented method employs a combination of bishydroxamic acid ligands and zirconium or hafnium for asymmetric epoxidation. This system has shown to be effective for traditionally very challenging substrates for epoxidations, such as homoallylic and bishomoallylic alcohols.