Barry Sharpless was awarded the 2001 Nobel Prize as a compliment to his great
contributions in the field of asymmetric epoxidation, which has been recognized as one of …

The first major breakthrough in asymmetric epoxidation (AE) using synthetic catalysts was
realized by Katsuki and Sharpless in 1980. 1 They achieved enantiomeric excesses (ee's) …

The mechanism of the copolymerization of CO2 and epoxides to afford the corresponding
polycarbonates catalyzed by a highly active and thermally stable cobalt (III) complex with 1 …

Assembled Mn (III) salen-type quadridentate Schiff-base (SB) complexes,[MnIII (SB)] n+, with
various metal-containing/non-metal building blocks and their synthetic strategies are …

The metal–salen complexes (metal= Mn, Cr, Fe, Ru, Co, V and Ti) find widespread use as
efficient catalysts for the selective oxygenation of organic sulfides, sulfoxides and aromatic …

The frontispiece shows an illustration by John Tenniel and an excerpt from the 1865 edition
of Lewis Carroll's “Alice in Wonderland”. Because everything in Wonderland runs counter to …

The oxo‐functionalization of organic substrates with the aid of metal oxo moieties is of
fundamental importance not only in nature but also in academic and industrial research …

The use of mass spectrometry based on atmospheric pressure ionisation techniques
(atmospheric pressure chemical ionisation, APCI, and electrospray ionisation, ESI) for …

A (salen) Mn (III) complex was used as a biomimetic surrogate of the metallocofactor of
phenol-oxidizing enzymes, in combination with chiral phosphoric acid relay catalysis …

Electrospray tandem mass spectrometry, one of the most important techniques for the
characterization of biological macromolecules, has become increasingly popular as an …