A solvent is one key component in a chemical transformation. As a reaction medium it
controls the interactions between reaction partners through heat transfer and intermolecular …

Enantiomerically pure amino acids, amino alcohols, amines, alcohols, and epoxides play an
increasingly important role as intermediates in the pharmaceutical industry and …

The hydrolytic kinetic resolution (HKR) of terminal epoxides catalyzed by chiral (salen) CoIII
complex 1⊙ OAc affords both recovered unreacted epoxide and 1, 2-diol product in highly …

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 development of bimetallic aluminium–salen complexes [{Al (salen)} 2O] as catalysts for
the synthesis of cyclic carbonates (including the commercially important ethylene and …

Understanding the mechanisms of lithium-ion transport in polymers is crucial for the design
of polymer electrolytes. We combine modular synthesis, electrochemical characterization …

Advances in catalysis have enabled the ring-opening copolymerization of epoxides and
cyclic anhydrides to afford structurally and functionally diverse polyesters with controlled …

Epoxides are valuable intermediates for the stereocontrolled synthesis of complex organic
compounds, and their utility has expanded dramaticallywith the advent of practical …

The air-stable, chiral (salen) CrIIICl complex (3), where H2salen= N, N '-bis (3, 5-di-tert-butyl-
salicylidene)-1, 2-cyclohexene diamine, has been shown to be an effective catalyst for the …

Highly isotactic polylactide or poly (lactic acid) is synthesized in a ring‐opening
polymerization (ROP) of racemic lactide with achiral salen–and homosalen–aluminum …