Asymmetric aziridination of chalcones catalyzed by a novel backbone 1,8-bisoxazolinylanthracene (AnBOX)-copper complex.
Highly enantioselective aziridination of chalcones catalyzed by a novel backbone 1,8-bisoxazolidinylanthracene (AnBOX) and CuOTf with up to >99% ee and the opposite enantioselectivity compared with the ligands of Evans are described.
Xu
Jiaxi
J
Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry and Molecular Engineering of Ministry of Education, Department of Chemical Biology, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, PR China. jxxu@chem.pku.edu.cn
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Linge
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Jiao
Peng
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