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100 1 0 _aChen, Xiaofei
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700 1 0 _aGilissen, Pieter J.
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700 1 0 _aTinnemans, Paul
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700 1 0 _aVanthuyne, Nicolas
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700 1 0 _aRutjes, Floris P. J. T.
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700 1 0 _aFeringa, Ben L.
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700 1 0 _aElemans, Johannes A.A.W.
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700 1 0 _aNolte, Roeland J.M.
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245 0 0 _aEnantiodivergent epoxidation of alkenes with a photoswitchable phosphate manganese-salen complex
260 _c2022-09-22.
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520 _aThe development of enantiodivergent catalysts capable of preparing both enantiomeric products from one substrate in a controlled fashion is challenging. Introducing a switching function into the catalyst can address this challenge, allowing the chiral reaction environment to reversibly change during catalysis. Here we report a photoswitchable phosphate ligand, derived from 2,2'-biphenol, which axially coordinates as the counter ion to an achiral manganese(III) salen catalyst, providing the latter with the ability to switch stereoselectivity in the epoxidation of alkenes. The enantiomers of the chiral ligand exist as a pair of pseudo-enantiomers, which can be interconverted by irradiation with light of different wavelengths. The opposite axial chirality of these pseudo-enantiomers is efficiently transferred to the manganese(III) salen catalyst. With this switchable supramolecular catalyst, the enantioselectivity of the epoxidation of a variety of alkenes can be controlled, resulting in opposite enantiomeric excesses of the epoxide products. This transfer of chirality from a photoswitchable anionic ligand to a metal complex broadens the scope of supramolecular catalysts.
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786 0 _nNat Synth
856 4 1 _uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s44160-022-00157-7
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