@article{695ee4670e2b406e90c05eb895b99af5,
title = "Enantioselective catalytic ring opening of epoxides with carboxylic acids",
abstract = "The chiral Co(salen) complex 3 is an effective catalyst for the asymmetric ring-opening of meso epoxides with benzoic acid. Enantioselectivities of 55-93% were obtained with a range of substrates.",
author = "Jacobsen, {Eric N.} and Fumitoshi Kakiuchi and Konsler, {Reed G.} and Larrow, {Jay F.} and Makoto Tokunaga",
note = "Funding Information: Acknowledgments: This work was supported by the National Institutes of Health (GM-43214), and by postdoctoral fellowship support from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science to M.T. and F.K.",
year = "1997",
month = feb,
day = "3",
doi = "10.1016/S0040-4039(96)02414-8",
language = "English",
volume = "38",
pages = "773--776",
journal = "Tetrahedron Letters",
issn = "0040-4039",
publisher = "Elsevier Limited",
number = "5",
}