(S S)-N N'-BIS(3 5-DI-TERT-BUTYLSALICYL&

Aluminum salen complexes as catalysts for the kinetic resolution of terminal epoxides via carbon dioxide coupling.
Efficient synthesis of bio-renewable polyesters and cyclic carbonates through tandem catalysis.
Catalyst used for the asymmetric hydrocyanation of nitroolefins.
Catalyst used in the reaction of epoxides with heterocumulenes.

(S,S)-N,N′-Bis(3,5-di-tert-butylsalicylidene)-1,2-cyclohexanediaminoaluminum chloride can be used as a chiral catalyst:

• In the preparation of substituted hydroxyalkyl aminooxazole derivatives by reacting isocyanides with aldehydes.
• In the cyanation of α,β-unsaturated imides to yield saturated imides.