CATALYTIC SYNTHESIS OF (R)-CITRONELLOL AND (S)-CITRONELLOL BY HOMOGENEOUS HYDROGENATION OVER AMIDOPHOSPHINEPHOSPHINITE AND DIAMINODIPHOSPHINE RHODIUM COMPLEXES
Ma. Ali et al., CATALYTIC SYNTHESIS OF (R)-CITRONELLOL AND (S)-CITRONELLOL BY HOMOGENEOUS HYDROGENATION OVER AMIDOPHOSPHINEPHOSPHINITE AND DIAMINODIPHOSPHINE RHODIUM COMPLEXES, Tetrahedron : asymmetry, 6(2), 1995, pp. 369-370
The enantioselective production of citronellol (ee = 84 % R and 80 % S
) is performed by hydrogenation of geraniol 1 and nerol 2 over cationi
c rhodium complexes modified by amidophosphinephosphinite and diaminod
iphosphine chiral ligands.