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Ironing out the wrinkles: Highly enantioselective catalytic asymmetric epoxidation of aromatic alkenes with hydrogen peroxide proceeds smoothly in the presence of a catalyst system consisting of ferric hexahydrate, pyridine-2,6-dicarboxylic acid, and the novel chiral ligand 1 in 2-methylbutane-2-ol solvent at room temperature within 1 h (see scheme; Bn=benzyl).
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Gelalcha et al. (2007) studied this question.
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