A quantitative UV–VIS probe of enantioselectivity in metalloporphyrin catalyzed oxygenation using aluminium model complexes
Abstract
UV–VIS spectroscopy is used to study the selective binding of enantiomeric pairs of chiral epoxides to an ααββ binaphthyl-strapped Al porphyrin; the binding selectivity correlates to the enantioselectivity in the epoxidation of alkenes catalyzed by its Fe analog.