Highly efficient iridium catalyst for asymmetric transfer hydrogenation of aromatic ketones under base-free conditions

Organic Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1043-1045

  Dong, Zhen Rong ^a   Li, Yan Yun ^a   Chen, Jian Shan ^a   Li, Bao Zhu ^a   Xing, Yan ^a   Gao, Jing Xing ^a  

^a XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUND; BASE; IRIDIUM; IRIDIUM COMPLEX; KETONE DERIVATIVE; LIGAND; RHODIUM COMPLEX;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CATALYST; CHIRALITY; ENANTIOSELECTIVITY; HYDROGENATION;

EID: 18244393749     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol047412n     Document Type: Article

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