Stereochemistry of ?,?-diphenylalkane-?,?-diols; Cyclization and determination of the diastereomeric ratio of the diols formed upon reduction of ?,?-diphenylalkane-?,?-diones
quantitative reduction of aromatic aldehydes, ketones, diketones and oxo aldehydes to alcohols by use of TiCl3/NH3 in aqueous methanol solution is reported. The reducing system distinguishes between different classes of aldehydes and/or ketones, and many functionalities that usually do not survive under reducing conditions are tolerated well. The concept of reversal of chemoselectivity has also been developed
Design, synthesis and structure of new chiral squaric acid monoaminoalcohols and diaminoalcohols and their use as catalysts in asymmetric reduction of ketones and diketones
Many chiral squaricacid aminoalcohols and C2-symmetric diaminoalcohols have been synthesized and their in situ formed chiral boron heterocycles have been used as catalysts for the enantioselective reduction of prochiral ketones and diketones by borane to give alcohols with up to 99% enantiomeric excess and 99% yield. The effects of solvent, catalyst–substrate ratio and temperature were also investigated
Multiple Dendritic Catalysts for Asymmetric Transfer Hydrogenation
作者:Ying-Chun Chen、Tong-Fei Wu、Jin-Gen Deng、Hui Liu、Xin Cui、Jin Zhu、Yao-Zhong Jiang、Michael C. K. Choi、Albert S. C. Chan
DOI:10.1021/jo0257795
日期:2002.7.1
and were well-characterized by NMR and MS techniques. Their ruthenium complexes prepared in situ had good solubility in the reaction medium (azeotrope of formic acid and triethylamine) and demonstrated high catalytic activity and enantioselectivity comparable to monomeric catalysts in the asymmetric transfer hydrogenation of ketones and imines. Quantitative yields and for some cases a slightly higher