CATALYTIC ASYMMETRIC WEITZ-SCHEFFER EPOXIDATION PROMOTED BY BOVINE SERUM ALBUMIN. PART II.

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/S0040-4020(01)86797-1

The epoxidation of 2 and 2,3-substituted naphthoquinones with t-BuOOH in aqueous buffer solutions, in the presence of bovine serum albumin (BSA) as chiral catalyst, affords the corresponding epoxynaphthoquinones with enantiomeric excess (e.e) up to 79perc