New phosphine-diamine and phosphine-amino-alcohol tridentate ligands for ruthenium catalysed enantioselective hydrogenation of ketones and a concise lactone synthesis enabled by asymmetric reduction of cyano-ketones

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Enantioselective hydrogenation of ketones is a key reaction in organic chemistry. In the past, we have attempted to deal with some unsolved challenges in this arena by introducing chiral tridentate phosphine-diamine/Ru catalysts. New catalysts and new application...

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Main Authors: Fuentes José A, Phillips Scott D, Clarke Matthew L
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2012-12-01
Series:Chemistry Central Journal
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Online Access:http://journal.chemistrycentral.com/content/6/1/151