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“Synthetic Enzymes”. Highly Stereoselective Epoxidation of Chalcone in a Triphasic Toluene‐Water‐Poly[(S)‐alanine] System
Author(s) -
Juliá Sebastián,
Masana Jaume,
Vega Juan Carlos
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition in english
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 0570-0833
DOI - 10.1002/anie.198009291
Subject(s) - toluene , alanine , stereoselectivity , chalcone , chemistry , enzyme , organic chemistry , polymer chemistry , biochemistry , amino acid , catalysis
Chiral polypeptides as catalysts enable stereoselective reactions. An excellent example is the reaction of chalcone with H 2 O 2 /NaOH in the three‐phase system toluene‐water‐poly[(S)‐alanine] (optical yield of (1) over 90%).
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