Inversion of Enantioselectivity during the Platinum-Catalyzed Hydrogenation of an Activated Ketone
โ Scribed by Matthias von Arx; Tamas Mallat; Alfons Baiker
- Book ID
- 101366410
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2001
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 89 KB
- Volume
- 40
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0044-8249
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โฆ Synopsis
Two competing reaction pathways, which lead to opposite enantiomers, occur in the hydrogenation of 1 over chirally modified platinum, as revealed by catalytic and NMR spectroscopic experiments: the fast reduction of the ketoform 1โa (minor species) and the slow hydrogenolysis of the hydrate 3 (major species).
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We are grateful to the Fonds der Chemischen Industrie for financial support, and S.-M.L. thanks the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation for a postdoctoral fellowship. We also acknowledge Dr. C. Jaekel (BASF AG) for pointing out Refs. [5h] and [6].
Asymmetric hydrogenation of ketopantolactone was studied on a 5 wt% Pt/Al 2 O 3 catalyst in the presence of cinchonidine and its O-methyl, -ethyl, -phenyl and -trimethylsilyl derivatives. Inversion of enantioselectivity with the latter two bulky substituents proved that in the enantiodifferentiating