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“Synthetic Enzymes”. Highly Stereoselective Epoxidation of Chalcone in a Triphasic Toluene‐Water‐Poly[(S)‐alanine] System

Angewandte Chemie International Edition in EnglishPublished 1 November 1980
S. JULIA, Jaume Masana, J. C. Vega
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Abstract

Chiral polypeptides as catalysts enable stereoselective reactions. An excellent example is the reaction of chalcone with H2O2/NaOH in the three-phase system toluene-water-poly[(S)-alanine] (optical yield of (1) over 90%).

Keywords

ChemistryMaterials ScienceBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology