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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2008 Aug 26.
Published in final edited form as: Chem Rev. 2007 May 27;107(6):2503–2545. doi: 10.1021/cr0509556

Table 3.

Comparison of (salen)CrCl and (salen)CrN3 in the solvent-free asymmetric opening of meso epoxides.

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% ee (% yield)a
entry Y (salen)CrCl (salen)CrN3
1 CH2 93 (97) 94 (99)
2 (CH2)2 85(96) 88 (99)
3 O 97 (96) 97 (99)
4 NCOCF3 95 (87) 95 (96)
a

Scale: 25 - 50 mmol epoxide.