Chemical communications (Cambridge, England), 55(31), 4495-4498 (2019-03-29)
The determination of enantiomeric excess (ee) in various groups of chiral compounds, namely amines, amino alcohols, diols, and hydroxy acids is performed using a dual chromophore FRET/PET based sensor ensemble. The sensing ensemble utilizes fluorescence changes from two chromophores (indicators)
Bao. J. et al.
Journal of the American Chemical Society, 118, 3392-3392 (1996)
[reaction: see text] In an effort to develop a synthesis of the VAPOL ligand that avoids the use of a chromium carbene complex, a route was examined that involved the annulation of a naphthalene carboxamide via the method of Snieckus.
[reaction: see text] A copper-mediated deracemization of the vaulted biaryl ligands VANOL and VAPOL can be readily achieved in the presence of (-)-spartiene. The optimal procedure involves the in situ generation of copper(II) and leads to the reproducible formation of
The research areas of interest to the Wulff group include enantioselective catalysis, mechanisms of asymmetric catalysis, macromolecular chemistry, Fischer carbene complexes in organic synthesis and the total synthesis of natural products.