Chemistry Letters, Vol.31, No.11, 1080-1081, 2002
(Salen)ruthenium-catalyzed desymmetrization of meso-diols: Catalytic aerobic asymmetric oxidation under photo-irradiation
Catalytic aerobic oxidation of meso-diols using (nitrosyl)Ru(salen) 7 as the catalyst under photo-irradiation proceeded with moderate enantioselectivity (up to 67% ee) to give the corresponding lactols.