Photocatalytic enantiodiscriminating oxygenation with cyclodextrin-linked porphyrins and molecular oxygen

Abstract

2,6-Permethylated β-cyclodextrin-linked iron and manganese porphyrins catalyse the enantioselective oxygenation of a racemic mixture of (S)-α-pinene and (R)-α-pinene with molecular oxygen under irradiation with visible light.