Hj. Kreuzfeld et al., DRUGS FOR CHIRAL DISCRIMINATION - NON-CODED AMINO-ACIDS AND DIPEPTIDES BY ASYMMETRIC HYDROGENATION, Chirality, 10(6), 1998, pp. 535-539
The enantiomers of Propranolol, Pindolol, and Carazolol, well-known be
ta-blockers, have been used to prepare cationic aminophosphine phosphi
nite rhodium complexes. Propraphos-Rh and Pindophos-Rh are very effici
ent catalysts in the asymmetric hydrogenation of N-Boc-protected unusu
al dehydroamino acid derivatives. Carazolol-Rh is less suitable in bot
h activity and enantioselectivity. Under the same conditions, N-Boc-pr
otected dehydrodipeptides are hydrogenated with diastereoselectivities
between 70 and 90% de. Chirality 10:535-539, 1998. (C) 1998 Wiley-Lis
s, Inc.