Asymmetric Transfer Hydrogenation of 1,3-Alkoxy/Aryloxy Propanones Using Tethered Arene/Ru(II)/TsDPEN Complexes
作者:Sam Forshaw、Alexander J. Matthews、Thomas J. Brown、Louis J. Diorazio、Luke Williams、Martin Wills
DOI:10.1021/acs.orglett.7b00756
日期:2017.6.2
A series of propanones containing combinations of aryloxy and alkoxy substituents at the 1- and 3-positions were reduced to the alcohols via asymmetric transfer hydrogenation using a tethered Ru(II)/TsDPEN catalyst. The enantioselectivities of the reductions reveal a complex pattern of electronic and steric effects which, when used in a matched combination, can lead to the formation of products of