Chemical and biological synthesis of chiral epoxides

The first practical method for asymmetric epoxidation

Tsutomu Katsuki, K. Barry Sharpless · Journal of the American Chemical Society · 1980 · 2.6K citations

Asymmetric Epoxidation, Altmetrics, Engineering +12

Catalytic asymmetric epoxidation and kinetic resolution: modified procedures including in situ derivatization

Yun Gao, Janice M. Klunder, Robert M. Hanson et al. · Journal of the American Chemical Society · 1987 · 1.9K citations

Chemical Engineering, Chemical Measurement, Engineering +13

Enantioselective epoxidation of unfunctionalized olefins catalyzed by salen manganese complexes

Wei Zhang, Jennifer L. Loebach, Scott R. Wilson et al. · Journal of the American Chemical Society · 1990 · 1.6K citations

Inorganic Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Engineering +12

The osmium-catalyzed asymmetric dihydroxylation: a new ligand class and a process improvement

K. Barry Sharpless, Willi M. Amberg, Youssef L. Bennani et al. · The Journal of Organic Chemistry · 1992 · 1.5K citations

Osmium-catalyzed Asymmetric Dihydroxylation, Engineering, Biochemistry +14

Highly enantioselective epoxidation catalysts derived from 1,2-diaminocyclohexane

Eric N. Jacobsen, Wei Zhang, Alexander R. Muci et al. · Journal of the American Chemical Society · 1991 · 1K citations

Chemical Engineering, Chemical Measurement, Engineering +12