Abstract

New macrocyclic chiral salen complexes were synthesized and then the efficiency of these fully symmetrical ligands as catalysts was evaluated in the asymmetric epoxidation of olefins and borohydride reduction of ketones. The symmetrical macrocyclic salen complexes exhibited a relatively high enantioselectivity in these reactions.

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