[摘要]:A range of binaphthalene-derived azepine derivs. contg. alc. functionality were prepd. and utilized as catalysts in the asym. epoxidn. of alkenes by Oxone, giving ?1% ee. Evidence was obtained for the involvement of iminium ions in the reaction pathway, suggesting that the oxidizing species in the epoxidns. are in fact the corresponding oxaziridinium ions.