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A new member of our D2 symmetry ruthenium porphyrins is shown to be a most selective catalyst for asymmetric epoxidation of terminal and trans-disubstituted olefins. The same catalyst displays some selectivity in kinetic resolution of secondary alcohols and in what appears to be the first example of catalytic enantioselective hydroxylation of tertiary alkanes.
Gross et al. (Wed,) studied this question.