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Titanium tough! Novel proline-derived C1-symmetric titanium(salan) complexes have been used to catalyze the epoxidation of styrene derivatives with aqueous hydrogen peroxide as the oxidant (see scheme). High enantiomeric excesses ranging from 96 to 98 % were obtained.
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