An improved synthesis of chiral diols via the asymmetric catalytic hydrogenation of prochiral diones

Authors :: Qing-Hua Fan
Albert S. C. Chan
Chi-Hung Yeung
Source :: Tetrahedron: Asymmetry. 8:4041-4045
Publication Year :: 1997
Publisher :: Elsevier BV, 1997.
Abstract: The rates of the asymmetric hydrogenation of prochiral diketones catalyzed by Ru(BINAP) catalysts were substantially accelerated in the presence of small amounts of a strong acid.

Subjects :: Inorganic Chemistry
chemistry.chemical_compound
Chemistry
Organic Chemistry
Asymmetric hydrogenation
Organic chemistry
Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
Catalysis
Catalytic hydrogenation
BINAP

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