Rational Design of a Facially Coordinating
<i>P,N,N</i>
Ligand for Manganese‐Catalysed Enantioselective Hydrogenation of Cyclic Ketones
作者:Conor L. Oates、Alister S. Goodfellow、Michael Bühl、Matthew L. Clarke
DOI:10.1002/anie.202212479
日期:2023.1.16
A Mn catalyst has been rationally redesigned to repel sp3hybridised substituents while attracting sp2 substituents, and hence enable enantioselectivehydrogenation of cyclicketones. DFT calculations enable a robust prediction of the level of enantiocontrol across a range of substrates.