Oxygen atom transfer from a chiral oxaziridinium salt. Asymmetric epoxidation of unfunctionalized olefins

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/S0040-4020(98)01034-5

The synthesis of an optically pure oxaziridinium salt from (1S,2R)-(+)- norephedrine and the study of the asymmetric oxygen transfer reactions from this reagent to unfunctionalized olefins are described.