Epoxidation of olefins by helical Mn(III)-salen complexes

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Tingting Liu, tingting@ksu.edu and Christopher J. Levy, clevy@ksu.edu. Department of Chemistry, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66502
Monohelical complexes are a relatively unexplored class of asymmetric catalysts. The synthesis and characterization of helical Mn(III) salen complexes is reported. These complexes are tested as catalysts for the asymmetric epoxidation of olefins. Preliminary results will be presented.