A process for the heterogeneous and enantioselective hydrogenation of prochiral organic &agr;-keto compounds with platinum as the catalyst in the presence of a soluble or immobilized chiral aromatic nitrogen base with at least one basic nitrogen atom adjacent to stereogenic carbon atoms, whereby prochiral &agr;-ketoacetals are hydrogenated to optically active &agr;-hydroxyacetals.
一种利用
铂作为催化剂,在可溶或固定的手性芳香族氮碱存在下,对非对映异构的有机α-酮化合物进行杂化和对映选择性氢化的过程,该手性芳香族氮碱至少具有一个邻近立体异构碳原子的碱性氮原子,从而将非对映异构的α-酮
缩醛氢化为光学活性的α-羟基
缩醛。