title: Indium-bipyridine-catalyzed, enantioselective thiolysis of meso-epoxides.
abstract: The indium-bipyridine-catalyzed, enantioselective ring-opening of meso-epoxides with aliphatic and aromatic thiols furnished 1,2-mercapto alcohols in good yields and excellent enantioselectivities; the crystal structure of the chiral catalyst reveals a pentagonal-bipyramidal coordination geometry around the indium center.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Organische Chemie, Universität Leipzig, Johannisallee 29, 04103 Leipzig, Germany.
authors.forename: Mecheril Valsan
authors.initials: MV
authors.lastname: Nandakumar
authors.forename: Andreas
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tschöp
authors.forename: Harald
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Krautscheid
authors.forename: Christoph
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Schneider