Tuesday, June 16, 2015
Ballroom B (Lawrence Convention Center)
The comparison of the asymmetric epoxidation of styrene catalyzed by 1-( α- amino benzyl) -2 – napthol coordinated with Cu (II) carried out in ACN and DMSO revealed a decisive role of solvent on the enantioselectivity, giving 80% ee in DMSO against 28% ee in ACN for R-styrene epoxide.
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