Chiral salen-metal derivatives of polyoxometalates with asymmetric catalytic and photocatalytic activities.

Highly active oligomeric (salen)co catalysts for asymmetric epoxide ring-opening reactions.

Cooperative bimetallic catalysis has been documented in several recently reported asymmetric epoxide opening reactions that display second-order kinetic dependence on catalyst, specific requirements for multiple metal ions, and/or pronounced catalyst nonlinear effects.1 In such systems, one metal is proposed to serve as Lewis acid for epoxide activation and another as counterion for the nucleop...

Asymmetric Synthesis of Modafinil and its Derivatives by using the Functionalized Silica-based Mesoporous MCM-41

Modafinil [2-[(diphenylmethyl)sulfinyl]acetamide] is used clinically in the treatment of narcolepsy and sleeping disorders. The synthesis of modafinil, begins with the reaction of benzhydrol and thioglycolic acid in trifluoroacetic acid to afford benzhydrylsulfinyl acetic acid. The reaction of acid with thionyl chloride in benzene followed by treatment with ammonium hydroxide gave acetamide...

Amidation of silyl enol ethers and cholesteryl acetates with chiral ruthenium(II) schiff-base catalysts: catalytic and enantioselective studies.

Chiral ruthenium(II)-salen complexes [RuII(salen)(PPh3)2] catalyse asymmetric aziridination of alkenes with up to 83% ees, asymmetric amidation of silyl enol ethers with up to 97% ees, and allylic amidation of cholesteryl acetates with good regioselectivity.

Metal-Salens As Catalysts In Electroreductive Cyclization and Electrohydrocyclization: Computational and Experimental Studies

The use of chiral Ni(II)-salen derivatives was examined in mediated electrohydrocyclization (EHC) reactions. Cyclic voltammetry established the existence of a catalytic current. Bulk electrolysis revealed a slight change in the diastereoselectivity of the cyclizations. Density functional theory (DFT) computational studies showed that Ni(II)-salen and Zn(II)-salen were the best metal-salens for ...

Study on Catalytic and Asymmetric Carbene Transfer Reactions Using Chiral (Salen)cobalt(lll) Complexes