title: Development and application of versatile bis-hydroxamic acids for catalytic asymmetric oxidation.
abstract: In this article, we describe the development and preliminary results of our new designed C(2)-symmetric bis-hydroxamic acid (BHA) ligands and the application of the new ligands for vanadium-catalyzed asymmetric epoxidation of allylic alcohols as well as homoallylic alcohols. From this success we demonstrate the versatile nature of BHA in the molybdenum catalyzed asymmetric oxidation of unfunctionalized olefins and sulfides.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Chicago, 5735 South Ellis Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, 60637, USA.
authors.forename: Allan U
authors.initials: AU
authors.lastname: Barlan
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Hisashi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yamamoto