Salan-Vanadium Catalyzed Enantioselective Desymmetrization of meso-Epoxides with Aromatic Thiols

Title: Salan-Vanadium Catalyzed Enantioselective Desymmetrization of meso-Epoxides with Aromatic Thiols

Volume: 6 Issue: 4

Author(s): Jiangtao Sun, Weijin Gu, Yijun Huang, Xu Pan and Chengjian Zhu

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Keywords: Vanadium, Ring-opening, Thiols, Epoxides, Enantioselectivity, Asymmetric catalysis

Abstract: The first example of salan-vanadium catalyzed enantioselective ring-opening of meso-epoxides has been reported, which furnished β-hydroxy sulfides in good yields and moderate enantioselectivities.

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Sun Jiangtao, Gu Weijin, Huang Yijun, Pan Xu and Zhu Chengjian, Salan-Vanadium Catalyzed Enantioselective Desymmetrization of meso-Epoxides with Aromatic Thiols, Letters in Organic Chemistry 2009; 6 (4) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/157017809788489990