Masazumi Tamura, Riku Tamura, Yasuyuki Takeda, Yoshinao Nakagawa and Keiichi Tomishige
Chem. Commun., 2014,50, 6656-6659
DOI:
10.1039/C4CC02675F,
Communication
Rh-MoOx/SiO2 is an effective heterogeneous catalyst for selective hydrogenation of amino acids to amino alcohols in a water solvent. MoOx modification of Rh drastically enhanced the activity and improved the selectivity and ee. Various amino alcohols were obtained in high yields (90–94%) with complete retention of configuration.