JOURNAL ARTICLE

Stabilized α-Helix-Catalyzed Enantioselective Epoxidation of α,β-Unsaturated Ketones

Masanobu NaganoMitsunobu DoiMasaaki KuriharaHiroshi SuemuneMasakazu Tanaka

Year: 2010 Journal:   Organic Letters Vol: 12 (15)Pages: 3564-3566   Publisher: American Chemical Society

Abstract

Chiral cyclic alpha-amino acid containing oligopeptide catalyzed highly enantioselective epoxidation of alpha,beta-unsaturated ketones and the alpha-helical secondary structure of the peptide catalyst were revealed by X-ray crystallographic analysis.

Keywords:
Chemistry Enantioselective synthesis Catalysis Helix (gastropod) Stereochemistry Combinatorial chemistry Organic chemistry

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