First catalysis by corrole metal complexes: epoxidation, hydroxylation, and cyclopropanation

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Zeev Gross, Liliya Simkhovich and Nitsa Galili


Abstract

The first ever application of corroles shows that their metal complexes are good catalysts, almost as potent as the corresponding metalloporphyrins in the oxygenation of hydrocarbons by iodosylbenzene and superior for the cyclopropanation of olefins by carbenoids.


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