申请人:Pfaltz Andreas
公开号:US20110275826A1
公开(公告)日:2011-11-10
Chiral compounds of the formula (1), which are optically pure or highly optically enriched in which R
0
is C
1
-C
12
-alkyl which is unsubstituted or substituted by 1 to 2 C
1
-C
4
-alkoxy; cyclo-pentyl or cyclohexyl, which is unsubstituted or substituted by 1 to 3 C
1
-C
4
-alkyl or C
1
-C
4
-alkoxy; or benzyl, phenyl or naphtyl which is unsubstituted or substituted by 1 to 3 C
1
-C
4
-alkyl, C
1
-C
4
-alkoxy, C
1
-C
4
-fluoroalkyl or C
1
-C
4
-fluoroalkoxy, F or Cl, or R
0
is —CR
5
R
6
OH or —CR
5
R
6
OSi(C
1
-C
8
-alkyl)
3
wherein R
5
and R
6
are independently selected from the group consisting of H, unsubstituted C
1
-C
12
alkyl, substituted C
1
-C
12
alkyl, unsubstituted C
4
-C
8
cyclo alkyl, substituted C
4
-C
8
cyclo alkyl, unsubstituted aryl, substituted aryl or wherein R
5
and R
6
can form an unsubstituted 5-6 membered aliphatic carbocycle or a substituted 5-6 membered aliphatic carbocycle, each of R
1
and R′
1
independently is hydrogen or has the meaning of R
0
whereby R
1
, R′
1
and R
0
can be same or different, R
2
and R
3
are independently a C-bonded hydrocarbon radical or a heterohydrocarbon radical, and each of both R
4
is C
1
-C
6
-alkyl, cyclopentyl, cyclohexyl, phenyl, methylphenyl, methylbenzyl or benzyl, or both R
4
together form an aliphatic C
4
-C
6
carbocycle. Metal complexes of these ligands are homogeneous catalysts for asymmetric addition reaction, particularly hydrogenations.