[2.2]PHANEPHOS-ruthenium(II) complexes: Highly active asymmetric catalysts for the hydrogenation of β-ketoesters

Tetrahedron Letters

Volumn 39, Issue 25, 1998, Pages 4441-4444

  Pye, Philip J ^a   Rossen, Kai ^a   Reamer, Robert A ^a   Volante, R P ^a   Reider, Paul J ^a  

^a MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA OXOCARBOXYLIC ACID ESTER; BISPHOSPHONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; ESTER DERIVATIVE; OXOACID; PARACYCLOPHANE DERIVATIVE; RUTHENIUM COMPLEX; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CATALYST; CHIRALITY; HYDROGENATION; PURIFICATION; REPRODUCIBILITY;

EID: 0032543449     PISSN: 00404039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-4039(98)00842-9     Document Type: Article

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