Highly Enantioselective Transfer Hydrogenation of Ketones with Chiral (NH)2P2 Macrocyclic Iron(II) Complexes
- 2 April 2015
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Angewandte Chemie International Edition
- Vol. 54 (17) , 5171-5174
Abstract
Bis(isonitrile) iron(II) complexes bearing a C2‐symmetric diamino (NH)2P2 macrocyclic ligand efficiently catalyze the hydrogenation of polar bonds of a broad scope of substrates (ketones, enones, and imines) in high yield (up to 99.5 %), excellent enantioselectivity (up to 99 % ee), and with low catalyst loading (generally 0.1 mol %). The catalyst can be easily tuned by modifying the substituents of the isonitrile ligand.Keywords
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