[Cr(Salen)] as a 'bridge' between asymmetric catalysis, Lewis acids and redox processes.
An overview focused on the synthesis, structural features and catalytic applications of chiral [Cr(Salen)] complexes is presented. Key aspects of modern organic chemistry such as Lewis acids, asymmetric catalysis and redox processes are strictly connected with chronium-Schiff base complexes. Among the asymmetric transformations mediated by [Cr(Salen)] complexes, Diels-Alder and hetero-Diels-Alder reactions, ARO of epoxides, kinetic resolution of meso-epoxides and Nozki-Hyama reactions are taken into account.
Bandini
Marco
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Dipartimento di Chimica G. Ciamician, Università degli Studi di Bologna, Via Selmi 2, 40126 Bologna, Italy.
Cozzi
Pier Giorgio
PG
Umani-Ronchi
Achille
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