IR spectroscopy as a high-throughput screening-technique for enantioselective hydrogen-transfer catalystsElectronic supplementary information (ESI) available: Fig. A, B and C; IR, GC, UV–VIS data and Experimental details (see text). See http://www.rsc.org/suppdata/cc/b0/b000479k/

Abstract

A new high-throughput screening-technique based on IR spectroscopy has been developed for ruthenium catalysed asymmetric transfer-hydrogenation by comparing the reaction rate of the reduction of ketones using (R)- vs. (S)-secondary alcohol as the hydrogen donor.