title: Catalytic asymmetrization of racemic dicyclopentadiene derivatives by using chiral copper(II) catalyst
abstract: Treatment of racemic dicyclopentadiene derivatives with tert-butyl peroxybenzoate in the presence of a catalytic amount of Cu(II)-tris- or bis-(oxazoline) complex directly gave optically active benzoyloxylated dicyclopentadiene derivatives, useful building blocks bearing multiple asymmetric centers, in a highly enantioselective manner (up to 87% ee).
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan.
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kohmura
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Katsuki