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Chemical Communications

Highly efficient chiral metal cluster systems derived from Ru3(CO)12 and chiral diiminodiphosphines for the asymmetric transfer hydrogenation of ketones

Hui Zhang,a   Chuan-Bo Yang,a   Yan-Yun Li,a   Zhen-Rong Donga,a   Jing-Xing Gao,*a   Hideaki Nakamura,b   Kunihiko Muratab  and  Takao Ikariya*b  

* Corresponding authors

a Department of Chemistry, Institute of Physical Chemistry, State Key Laboratory for Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian, China

b Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology & CREST, 2-12-1 O-okayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo, Japan
E-mail: tikariya@o.cc.titech.ac.jp

Abstract

The chiral Ru cluster-based catalyst systems generated in situ from Ru3(CO)12 and chiral diiminodiphosphine tetradentate ligands effected asymmetric transfer hydrogenation of propiophenone in 2-propanol, leading to 1-phenyl-1-propanol in 94% yield and with 96% ee.

Graphical abstract: Highly efficient chiral metal cluster systems derived from Ru3(CO)12 and chiral diiminodiphosphines for the asymmetric transfer hydrogenation of ketones

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/B209974H
Article type
Communication
Submitted
11 Oct 2002
Accepted
12 Nov 2002
First published
02 Dec 2002

Chem. Commun., 2003, 142-143

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Highly efficient chiral metal cluster systems derived from Ru3(CO)12 and chiral diiminodiphosphines for the asymmetric transfer hydrogenation of ketones

H. Zhang, C. Yang, Y. Li, Z. Donga, J. Gao, H. Nakamura, K. Murata and T. Ikariya, Chem. Commun., 2003, 142 DOI: 10.1039/B209974H

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