ASYMMETRIC WEITZ - SCHEFFER EPOXIDATION PROMOTED BY BOVINE SERUM ALBUMIN. PART III. HIGHLY STEREOELECTIVE SYNTHESIS OF OPTICALLY ACTIVE EPOXYNAPHTHOQUINONES.

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/S0040-4020(01)86023-3

The epoxidation of 2-substituted naphthoquinones with t-BuOOH in an aqueous buffer solution containing a small amount (up to 5 percent molar equiv) of bovine serum albumin (BSA) gives the corresponding epoxides with enantiomeric excess (e.e.) up to 100 pe