Pd(OAc)2-catalyzed asymmetric hydrogenation of sterically hindered N-tosylimines

Sterically hindered unsaturated compounds are challenging substrates for asymmetric hydrogenation. Here, the authors report a palladium/chiral (bis)phosphine catalytic system that hydrogenates a number of hindered N-tosylimines with excellent enantioselectivitites.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Jianzhong Chen, Zhenfeng Zhang, Bowen Li, Feilong Li, Yulin Wang, Min Zhao, Ilya D. Gridnev, Tsuneo Imamoto, Wanbin Zhang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2018-11-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-07462-w