Catalysis Letters, Vol.97, No.3-4, 125-129, 2004
Coordination of Cr-III(salen) on functionalised silica for asymmetric ring opening reactions of epoxides
The heterogeneous asymmetric ring opening (ARO) of meso-epoxides with trimethylsilylazide (TMSN3) catalysed by a Cr(salen) catalyst coordinated on an aminopropyl functionalised silica material combines good enantioselectivities with high conversions and suffers low leaching (< 1%).