Chiral iron complex catalyzed enantioselective oxidation of racemic benzoins.
An efficient, economic and environmentally friendly enantioselective oxidation of racemic benzoins (alpha-hydroxy ketones) catalyzed by a chiral iron complex has been developed using molecular oxygen as a terminal oxidant with good selectivity and excellent enantiomeric excess.
Muthupandi
Pandi
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Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, 600 036, India.
Alamsetti
Santosh Kumar
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Sekar
Govindasamy
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