Rhodium-catalyzed asymmetric transfer hydrogenation of aryl alkyl ketones employing ligands derived from amino acids

Advanced Synthesis and Catalysis

Volumn 349, Issue 17-18, 2007, Pages 2556-2562

  Wettergren, Jenny ^a   Zaitsev, Alexey B ^a   Adolfsson, Hans ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Amino acid ligands; Asymmetric transfer hydrogenation; Ketones; Reductions; Rhodium

Indexed keywords

EID: 37349047059     PISSN: 16154150     EISSN: 15213897     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/adsc.200700345     Document Type: Article

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