Organocatalytic epoxidation and allylic oxidation of alkenes by molecular oxygen
Marina Petsi, Maria Orfanidou, Alexandros L. Zografos
Abstract
A pseudodipeptide is enough to initiate the reduction of dioxygen to a powerful oxidant. How to control it is now in your hands for achieving highly chemoselective epoxidation and allylic oxidation of electron-rich alkenes.
Topics & Concepts
Allylic rearrangementChemistryMolecular oxygenOxygenCatalysisRedoxOrganic chemistryChemoselectivityOxidation reductionCombinatorial chemistryBiochemistryMetal-Catalyzed Oxygenation MechanismsOxidative Organic Chemistry ReactionsSynthesis and Catalytic Reactions