Synthesis of chiral aromatic alcohols: Use of new C2-symmetric RhIIICp*, RuII(cymene), or RuII(benzene) complexes containing chiral diaminocyclohexane ligand as asymmetric transfer hydrogenation catalyst

Synthetic Communications

Volumn 39, Issue 15, 2009, Pages 2737-2746

  Montalvo Gonzalez, Ruben ^a,b   Chavez, Daniel ^a   Aguirre, Gerardo ^a   Parra Hake, Miguel ^a   Somanathan, Ratnasamy ^a,c  

^a Tijuana Technological Institute   (Mexico)

^b Academic Unit of Chemistry Biology and Pharmaceutical Sciences   (Mexico)

^c TIJUANA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Bis(sulfonamide) ligands; Chiral secondary alcohols; RhIIICp*; RuII(arene)

Indexed keywords

2 PROPANOL; ALCOHOL DERIVATIVE; BENZENE DERIVATIVE; BIS(SULFONAMIDE); CYCLOHEXANE 1,2 DIAMINE; CYCLOHEXYLAMINE DERIVATIVE; DIAMINE DERIVATIVE; DIAMINOCYCLOHEXANE; FORMATE SODIUM; FORMIC ACID DERIVATIVE; KETONE; LIGAND; PARA CYMENE; RHENIUM COMPLEX; RUTHENIUM COMPLEX; SULFONAMIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ASYMMETRIC CATALYSIS; CATALYST; CHIRALITY; COMPLEX FORMATION; ENANTIOSELECTIVITY; HYDROGENATION; REACTION ANALYSIS; REACTION TIME; REDUCTION; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 67650327120     PISSN: 00397911     EISSN: 15322432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00397910802663451     Document Type: Article

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