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Amphiphilic proline and prolylproline derivatives in the rhodium(I)-catalyzed asymmetric hydrogenation in water: Chiral induction as indication of the location of reactants within the micelle

✍ Scribed by Ingrid Grassert; Klaus Schinkowski; Dieter Vollhardt; Günther Oehme


Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
1998
Tongue
English
Weight
108 KB
Volume
10
Category
Article
ISSN
0899-0042

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✦ Synopsis


Proline and prolylproline dipeptide derived surfactants promote the asymmetric hydrogenation of (Z)-methyl ␣-acetamidocinnamate in water in the presence of the catalytic system [Rh(cod) 2 ]BF 4 + BPPM. Activity and enantioselectivity are enhanced significantly and the results in water are similar to those obtained with organic solvents. The possibility of a chiral induction was investigated in the presence of the optically active amino acid and peptide amphiphiles and an achiral rhodium catalyst [Rh(bdpb)(cod)]BF 4 . The analysis of the low optical induction gave some indications of the site where the reaction takes place within the micelle. Selected critical micelle concentrations (cmc) of the new prepared surfactants were determined by surface tension measurements.