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Titanium Salan/Salalen Complexes: The Twofaced Janus of Asymmetric Oxidation Catalysis
Author(s) -
Talsi Evgenii P.,
Bryliakova Anna A.,
Bryliakov Konstantin P.
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
the chemical record
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.61
H-Index - 78
eISSN - 1528-0691
pISSN - 1527-8999
DOI - 10.1002/tcr.201500273
Subject(s) - catalysis , stereoselectivity , titanium , chemistry , janus , transition metal , enantioselective synthesis , rational design , combinatorial chemistry , organic chemistry , materials science , nanotechnology
Optically pure chiral epoxides and sulfoxides are ubiquitous building blocks in fine organic synthesis, employed in the pharmaceutical, agrochemical, and cosmetic industries. On the road to chiral epoxides and sulfoxides, efficient and stereoselective transition metal‐based catalysts are the most promising guides. Among transition metals, we favor titanium for its cheapness and availability, nontoxicity, and well‐known ability to catalyze a variety of stereoselective transformations, including oxidations with environmentally benign H 2 O 2 . In this personal account, we summarize the state‐of‐the‐art of rational design of chiral titanium(IV) salan and salalen catalysts, and investigations of their catalytic reactivities and stereoselectivities in the epoxidations of olefins and oxidations of thioethers, unraveling the peculiarities and mechanisms of their catalytic action.