High levels of stereoinduction are obtained in the epoxidation of 1,2-dihydronaphthalene catalyzed by sterically crowded manganese chiroporphyrin catalysts, and asymmetric induction is correlated to the degree of nonplanar distortion of the porphyrin free base in solution.
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