Ni-catalyzed asymmetric hydrogenation of N-aryl imino esters for the efficient synthesis of chiral α-aryl glycines

Chiral α-amino acids find application in the fields of pharmaceutical, biological and synthetic chemistry. Here, the authors report a nickel-catalyzed asymmetric hydrogenation of N-aryl imino esters affording chiral α-aryl glycines in high yields and enantioselectivities.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Dan Liu, Bowen Li, Jianzhong Chen, Ilya D. Gridnev, Deyue Yan, Wanbin Zhang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2020-11-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-19807-5