Catalytic enantioselective allylic oxidation of olefins with copper complexes of chiral nonracemic bis(oxazolinyl)pyridine type ligands

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/0040-4039(96)00347-4

Olefins, on treatment with tert-butyl perbenzoate in the presence of a catalytic amount of chiral copper bis(oxazolinyl)pyridine complexes, gave optically active allylic benzoates. A variety of cyclic olefins were tried in the reaction and a maximum of 81