title: Enantioselective oxidation of racemic secondary alcohols catalyzed by chiral Mn(III)-salen complexes with N-bromosuccinimide as a powerful oxidant.
abstract: We demonstrate an efficient enantioselective oxidation of secondary alcohols catalyzed by Mn(III)-salen complex using N-bromosuccinimide (NBS) as the oxidant. The new protocol is very efficient for the oxidative kinetic resolution of a variety of secondary alcohols, including ortho-substituted benzylic alcohols.
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory for Oxo Synthesis and Selective Oxidation, Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou, China.
authors.forename: Daqian
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Shoufeng
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Zhiqiang
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Shen
authors.forename: Chungu
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Xia
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Sun