A Catalytic Enantioselective Electron Transfer Reaction: Titanocene-Catalyzed Enantioselective Formation of Radicals from meso-Epoxides.
A rationally designed titanium(III) catalyst allows the opening of epoxides with high enantioselectivity. This reaction [Eq. (1)] constitutes the first example of an enantioselective transition metal catalyzed radical reaction that proceeds by electron transfer.
Gansäuer
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Institut für Organische Chemie und Biochemie der Universität, Albertstrasse 21, D-79104 Freiburg (Germany).
Lauterbach
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Bluhm
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Noltemeyer
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