Radicals in Catalysis – Homogeneous

Andreas Gansäuer

Andreas Gansäuer

Kekulé-Institut für Organische Chemie und Biochemie der Rheinischen Friedrich Wilhelms-Universität, Bonn, Germany

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Doris Fielenbach

Doris Fielenbach

Kekulé-Institut für Organische Chemie und Biochemie der Rheinischen Friedrich Wilhelms-Universität, Bonn, Germany

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First published: 13 December 2002

Abstract

Recent developments in the control of radical generation and radical reactivity utilizing homogeneous catalysts are described. Special emphasis is put on the recently emerging field of redox catalysis in pinacol couplings and epoxide openings. A typical enantioselective reaction is also discussed.

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