Crystal structure of a chiral nitrido-manganese salen complex. The nitrogen analogue to the intermediate in the Jacobsen epoxidation reaction

Abstract

A chiral nitrido-manganese salen complex has been synthesised and characterised by X-ray diffraction; the geometrical and electronic structure of the complex are discussed in relation to the intermediate in asymmetric reactions.

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