New Enantioselective Reactions catalysed by cinchonidine-modified platinum
- 1 January 1993
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications
- No. 13,p. 1053-1054
- https://doi.org/10.1039/c39930001053
Abstract
The conjugated diketones butane-2,3-dione and hexane-3,4-dione can be hydrogenated enantioselectively over Pt/silica modified by cinchonidine giving enantiomeric excesses in favour of (R)-(–)-3-hydroxybutan-2-one of up to 38% and of (R)-(-)-4-hydroxyhexan-3-one up to 33%.Keywords
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