title: Catalytic enantioselective epoxidation of nitroalkenes.
abstract: Nitroepoxides are potentially exploitable as synthons with vicinal electrophilic centers. Nevertheless, although advances have been made in the field, enantioselective epoxidation of nitroalkenes is still a challenging process. Herein we show a convenient procedure for the preparation of optically active nitroepoxides in high enantiomeric excess and high chemical yield. The kinetic data of the best catalyst have been examined using computational methods based on DFT calculations. Interestingly, the results demonstrate that the enantioselectivity of the epoxidation of nitroalkenes by this kind of catalyst is not only kinetically but also thermodynamically controlled.
authors.affiliation: Departament de Química Inorgànica i Orgànica Universitat Jaume I, Castelló, Spain. fgonzale@uji.es.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Vidal-Albalat
authors.affiliation: Departament de Química Física i Analítica Universitat Jaume I, Castelló, Spain and Institute of Applied Radiation Chemistry Lodz University of Technology, Łódź, Poland.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Swiderek
authors.affiliation: Departament de Química Inorgànica i Orgànica Universitat Jaume I, Castelló, Spain. fgonzale@uji.es.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Izquierdo
authors.affiliation: Departament de Química Inorgànica i Orgànica Universitat Jaume I, Castelló, Spain. fgonzale@uji.es.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Rodríguez
authors.affiliation: Departament de Química Física i Analítica Universitat Jaume I, Castelló, Spain.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Moliner
authors.affiliation: Departament de Química Inorgànica i Orgànica Universitat Jaume I, Castelló, Spain. fgonzale@uji.es.
authors.forename: F V
authors.initials: FV
authors.lastname: González