Enantioselective transfer hydrogenation of ketones using a rhodium catalyst containing a methionine sulphoxide ligand
- 1 January 1986
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications
- No. 24,p. 1810-1811
- https://doi.org/10.1039/c39860001810
Abstract
An in situ rhodium catalyst containing N-acetyl-(S)-methionine (R,S)-sulphoxide, and using propan-2-ol as a source of hydrogen, effects enantioselective hydrogenation of alkyl aryl ketones with up to 75% enantiomeric excess.Keywords
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