Chelate control in the rhodium-catalysed homogeneous hydrogenation of chiral allylic and homoallylic alcohols
Abstract
Chelate bisphosphine rhodium complexes afford a high degree of stereoselection in the homogeneous hydrogenation of 3-phenylbut-3-en-2-ol and 4-phenylpent-4-en-2-ol in opposite senses.