Asymmetric hydrogenation in aqueous–organic two-phase solvent systems using rhodium complexes of sulphonated phosphines

1 January 1986

journal article
research article
Published by Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications

No. 3,p. 202-203
https://doi.org/10.1039/c39860000202

Abstract

Enamides (3)–(6) have been hydrogenated with enantiomeric excesses up to 88% in aqueous–organic two-phase solvent systems by rhodium complexes of sulphonated chiral bisphosphines.

Keywords

AQUEOUS
ASYMMETRIC HYDROGENATION
PHOSPHINES ENAMIDES
SULPHONATED CHIRAL
ENANTIOMERIC EXCESSES
USING RHODIUM
SYSTEMS USING
CHIRAL BISPHOSPHINES
SULPHONATED PHOSPHINES