Towards a mechanistic insight into the Julia-Colonna asymmetric epoxidation of α,β-unsaturated ketones using discrete lengths of poly- leucine

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/S0040-4039(98)02090-5

Accurate length poly-leucines have been used to evaluate mechanistic features of the asymmetric epoxidation of chalcone. Studies have been directed towards the influence of the length of the chain, the stereochemistry of the amino acid residues and the na