Asymmetric hydrogenation of imines catalysed by carboxylato(diphosphine)iridium(III) complexes

✍ Scribed by Rafaël Sablong; John A Osborn

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1996
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 234 KB
• Volume: 7
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0957-4166
• DOI: 10.1016/0957-4166(96)00397-7

✦ Synopsis

The synthesis of three new families of monomeric carboxylato(diphosphine)iridium(Ill) complexes is described (e.g. diphosphine = diop, binap, bdpp). Some of these complexes catalyse the asymmetric hydrogenation of prochiral imines to amines in good activity and enantioselectivity.