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SUBMITTER: North M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2898159 | biostudies-literature | 2009
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
North Michael M Pasquale Riccardo R
Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English) 20090101 16
Three interconnected catalytic cycles account for the title reaction catalyzed by a bimetallic aluminum(salen) complex and Bu(4)NBr. In the first, Bu(4)NBr acts as a nucleophile to activate the epoxide. In the second, Bu(3)N generated in situ serves to activate CO(2). In the third, the aluminum(salen) complex brings the two activated species together so that the key bonds can be formed intramolecularly. ...[more]