Asymmetric epoxidation of terminal alkenes with hydrogen peroxide catalyzed by pentafluorophenyl PtII complexes.
Easily accessible chiral PtII complexes 1 allow highly enantioselective and completely regioselective asymmetric epoxidation of terminal alkenes with hydrogen peroxide
Colladon
Marco
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Dipartimento di Chimica, Università Ca' Foscari di Venezia, Dorsoduro 2137, 30123 Venice, Italy, and Dipartimento di Processi Chimici dell'Ingegneria, Università di Padova, Via F. Marzolo 9, 35131 Padua, Italy.
Scarso
Alessandro
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Sgarbossa
Paolo
P
Michelin
Rino A
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Strukul
Giorgio
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