Asymmetric hydrogenation of α-hydroxy ketones catalyzed by MsDPEN-Cp*Ir(III) complex

Organic Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 13, 2007, Pages 2564-2567

  Ohkuma, Takeshi ^a   Utsumi, Noriyuki ^b   Watanabe, Masahito ^b   Tsutsumi, Kunihiko ^b   Arai, Noriyoshi ^a   Murata, Kunihiko ^b  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KANTO CHEMICAL CO INC   (Japan)

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EID: 34547199447     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol070964w     Document Type: Article

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32. Due to the group priority in nomenclature, (R)-4a-j,l and (S)-4k have the same β configuration in Scheme 1.