Enantioselective organocatalytic oxidation of ketimine

Org Biomol Chem. 2016 Jan 14;14(2):761-767. doi: 10.1039/c5ob02042e.

Abstract

C3-Symmetric chiral trisimidazolines with m-chloroperbenzoic acid promoted the organocatalytic oxidation of N-sulfonyl ketimine. The present imidazoline catalysis produced oxaziridines bearing a tetrasubstituted carbon stereogenic center in high yields with up to 87% ee.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't