Transfer Hydrogenation in Water: Enantioselective, Catalytic Reduction of α-Cyano and α-Nitro Substituted Acetophenones
作者:Omid Soltani、Martin A. Ariger、Henar Vázquez-Villa、Erick M. Carreira
DOI:10.1021/ol1008894
日期:2010.7.2
Catalytic reduction of α-substituted acetophenones under conditions involving asymmetric transfer hydrogenation in water is described. The reaction is conducted in water and open to air, and formic acid is used as reductant.