Highly enantioselective synthesis of optically active ketones by iridium-catalyzed asymmetric hydrogenation

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 47, Issue 46, 2008, Pages 8920-8923

  Lu, Sheng Mei ^a   Bolm, Carsten ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Asymmetric synthesis; Enantioselectivity; Enones; Hydrogenation; Iridium

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL REACTIONS; ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; ENANTIOSELECTIVITY; IRIDIUM; KETONES; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

ASYMMETRIC HYDROGENATIONS; ASYMMETRIC SYNTHESIS; CHEMICAL EQUATIONS; CYCLIC SUBSTRATES; ENANTIOSELECTIVE SYNTHESES; ENONES; HIGH YIELDS; OPTICALLY ACTIVES; PHOSPHINOOXAZOLINE;

HYDROGENATION;

EID: 57349098769     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.200803709     Document Type: Article

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