Stereoselective synthesis of optically a
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Kazuya Okano; Kunihiko Murata; Takao Ikariya
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Article
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2000
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Elsevier Science
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French
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A chiral Ru(II) complex, RuCl[(S,S)-N-(p-toluenesulfonyl)-1,2-diphenyl-ethylenediamine](p-cymene), serves as an efficient catalyst for asymmetric transfer hydrogenation of 2-acetylpyridine with a substrate to catalyst molar ratio of 200-1000 with HCOOH as a hydrogen source to give (S)-1-(2-pyridyl)e