A new cinchona-modified platinum catalyst for the enantioselective hydrogenation of pyruvate: the structure of the 1:1 alkaloid–reactant complex
- 1 January 1998
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in Chemical Communications
- No. 23,p. 2605-2606
- https://doi.org/10.1039/a807039c
Abstract
The hydrogenation of ethyl pyruvate to (S)-ethyl lactate (up to 70% ee) over a Pt/Al2O3 catalyst using α-isocinchonine as a modifier strongly supports the structure of the intermediate complex [cinchona alkaloid (open conformer)–pyruvate 1:1 complex] of this type of reactions.Keywords
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