Highly enantioselective hydrogenation of aryl vinyl ketones to allylic alcohols catalyzed by the tol-binap/Dmapen ruthenium(II) complex

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 47, Issue 39, 2008, Pages 7457-7460

  Arai, Noriyoshi ^a   Azuma, Keita ^a   Nii, Noriyuki ^a   Ohkuma, Takeshi ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Allylic compounds; Asymmetric catalysis; Hydrogenation; Ketones; Ruthenium

Indexed keywords

EID: 54749115518     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.200802533     Document Type: Article

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