SYNTHESIS OF SPHINO-2'-DIPHENYLPHOSPHINOMETHYL,-1,1'-BINAPHTHYL AND ITS USE FOR ASYMMETRIC HYDROGENATION OF ALPHA-ALKYLSTYRENES

Citation
K. Inagaki et al., SYNTHESIS OF SPHINO-2'-DIPHENYLPHOSPHINOMETHYL,-1,1'-BINAPHTHYL AND ITS USE FOR ASYMMETRIC HYDROGENATION OF ALPHA-ALKYLSTYRENES, Journal of organometallic chemistry, 531(1-2), 1997, pp. 159-163
Citations number
39
Categorie Soggetti
Chemistry Inorganic & Nuclear","Chemistry Inorganic & Nuclear
ISSN journal
0022328X
Volume
531
Issue
1-2
Year of publication
1997
Pages
159 - 163
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-328X(1997)531:1-2<159:SOSAI>2.0.ZU;2-C
Abstract
A new chiral bisphosphine ligand osphino-2'-diphenylphosphinomethl-1,1 '-binaphthyl) was synthesized from enantiomerically pure (R)-1, 1'-bin aphthalene-2,2'-diol. Rhodium(I) complexes of this bisphosphine ligand have been used as catalysts for asymmetric hydrogenation of alpha-alk ylstyrenes to give the corresponding aromatic hydrocarbons in up to 77 % ee.