title: Highly enantioselective epoxidation catalyzed by cinchona thioureas: synthesis of functionalized terminal epoxides bearing a quaternary stereogenic center.
abstract: A brilliant debut! Cinchona thioureas have been reported for the first time as catalysts in the area of asymmetric oxidations. They efficiently promote an unprecedented highly enantioselective epoxidation of deactivated 1,1-disubstituted alkenes to terminal epoxides containing a quaternary stereogenic center (see scheme).
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Chimica e Biologia, Università di Salerno, Via Ponte don Melillo, 84084 Fisciano, Italy.
authors.forename: Alessio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Russo
authors.forename: Gerardina
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Galdi
authors.forename: Gianluca
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Croce
authors.forename: Alessandra
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lattanzi