Enantioselective Transfer Hydrogenation
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Alain Schlatter; Wolf-D. Woggon
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Article
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2008
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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## Abstract Ruthenium‐η‐arene complexes attached to the secondary face of β‐cyclodextrin catalyze the enantioselective reduction (__ee__ up to 98%) of aliphatic and aromatic ketones in aqueous medium in the presence of sodium formate (HCOONa).