ALPHA-AMINO ACIDATE-RU(II) CATALYSTS FOR ASYMMETRIC TRANSFER HYDROGENATION - FIRST UTILIZATION OF ALPHA-AMINO-ACIDS AS AN EFFICIENT LIGAND

Authors
OHTA T NAKAHARA S SHIGEMURA Y HATTORI K FURUKAWA I
Citation
T. Ohta et al., ALPHA-AMINO ACIDATE-RU(II) CATALYSTS FOR ASYMMETRIC TRANSFER HYDROGENATION - FIRST UTILIZATION OF ALPHA-AMINO-ACIDS AS AN EFFICIENT LIGAND, Chemistry Letters, (6), 1998, pp. 491-492
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Chemistry
Journal title
Chemistry Letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
03667022
Issue
6
Year of publication
1998
Pages
491 - 492
Database
ISI
SICI code
0366-7022(1998):6<491:AACFAT>2.0.ZU;2-6
Abstract
Ruthenium complexes, prepared by mixing potassium salt of alpha-amino acids and [RuCl2(arene)](2), acted as catalysts for asymmetric transfe r hydrogenation of ketones from 2-propanol in the presence of KOH, and enantiomeric excesses of the products reached 92%.