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Asymmetric epoxidation

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Asymmetric epoxidation
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Asymmetric epoxidation is a subset of asymmetric catalytic oxidations. Epoxidations convert prochiral (and other) alkenes to chiral epoxide derivatives. In asymmetric epoxidation, the two chiral products are produced in unequal amounts. The same catalysts are useful in the diastereoselective epoxidations, whereby one chiral alkene epoxidizes more rapidly than its enantiomer.

Two popular versions of asymmetric epoxidations are:[1]

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