One-pot route to β-adrenergic blockers via enantioselective organocatalysed epoxidation of terminal alkenes as a key step

A convenient and environmentally attractive one-pot two-step process for the synthesis of β-adrenergic blockers via Shi's organocatalytic epoxidation of terminal alkenes and subsequent aminolysis reaction of epoxides with isopropylamine under mild reaction conditions has been developed.