title: Highly enantioselective epoxidation of multisubstituted enones catalyzed by non-heme iron catalysts.
abstract: Iron(II) efficiency: The iron complexes of N(4) ligands, derived from proline and benzimidazole, exhibited an unprecedented activity and enantioselectivity for the epoxidation of a variety of di- and trisubstituted enones (see scheme). This system, based on synthetic non-heme iron catalysts, provides ready access to a wide range of epoxyketones of high enantiomeric purity.
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory for Oxo Synthesis and Selective Oxidation, Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou, 730000, PR China.
authors.forename: Bin
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Shoufeng
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Chungu
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Xia
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Sun