Asymmetric Hydrogenation of Minimally Functionalised Terminal Olefins: An Alternative Sustainable and Direct Strategy for Preparing Enantioenriched Hydrocarbons

✍ Scribed by Dr. Oscar Pàmies; Prof. Pher G. Andersson; Dr. Montserrat Diéguez

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 2010
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 702 KB
• Volume: 16
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0947-6539
• DOI: 10.1002/chem.201001909

✦ Synopsis

Abstract

This account discusses the progress made in the asymmetric hydrogenation of minimally functionalised terminal olefins as a new, alternative, sustainable and direct strategy for preparing enantioenriched hydrocarbons. It discusses the latest development in catalyst design, from the initial discovery of lanthanide catalytic precursors, through the use of transition‐metal/diphosphine–iminophosphorane precursors, to the successful iridium/P,N catalytic systems.