Highly enantioselective hydrogenation and transfer hydrogenation of cycloalkyl and heterocyclic ketones catalysed by an iridium complex of a tridentate phosphine-diamine ligand

José Antonio Fuentes García, Ian Carpenter, Nina Kann, Matt Clarke

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Abstract

Ir complexes of chiral phosphine-diamine ligands catalyse the hydrogenation and transfer hydrogenation of aryl-piperidin-4-yl methanones, and ketones bearing both an aryl group and secondary alkyl substituent with up to 98% e.e., and with substrate to catalyst ratios of up to 4000.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)10245-10247
JournalChemical Communications
Volume49
Issue number87
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Sept 2013

Keywords

  • Iridium complex
  • Enantioselective hydrogenation
  • Transfer hydrogenation
  • Heterocyclic ketones
  • Cycloalkyl ketones

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