Rhodium(I)-catalyzed enantioselective hydrogenation of substituted acrylic acids with sterically similar β,β-diaryls

  • Yang Li
  • , Kaiwu Dong
  • , Zheng Wang
  • , Kuiling Ding*
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Distinct differentiation: β,β-Disubstituted acrylic acids with sterically similar geminal diaryl groups can be hydrogenated with excellent enantioselectivities in the presence of a RhI complex formed in situ with two-component ligands, a chiral secondary phosphine oxide (SPO) and an achiral phosphine (Ph3P). The sense of asymmetric induction was found to be controlled by the substrate configuration, thus allowing access to both enantiomers of the product with the same catalyst.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)6748-6752
Number of pages5
JournalAngewandte Chemie - International Edition
Volume52
Issue number26
DOIs
StatePublished - 24 Jun 2013
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • asymmetric catalysis
  • combinatorial chemistry
  • hydrogenation
  • rhodium
  • secondary phosphine oxides

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