Phase-transfer catalysed asymmetric epoxidation of enones using N- anthracenylmethyl-substituted cinchona alkaloids

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/S0040-4020(99)00205-7

A study into the enantioselective epoxidation of α, β-unsaturated ketones utilising Cinchona alkaloidderived quaternary ammonium phase-transfer catalysts bearing an N-anthracenylmethyl function is presented. It has been found that the O-bonzyl derivatives