New Chiral Ruthenium(II) Catalysts Containing 2,6-Bis(4′-(R)-phenyloxazolin-2′-yl)pyridine (Ph-Pybox) Ligands for Highly Enantioselective Transfer Hydrogenation of Ketones.

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New Chiral Ruthenium(II) Catalysts Containing 2,6-Bis(4′-(R)-phenyloxazolin-2′-yl)pyridine (Ph-pybox) Ligands for Highly Enantioselective Transfer Hydrogenation of Ketones

✍ Darío Cuervo; M. Pilar Gamasa; José Gimeno 📂 Article 📅 2004 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 162 KB 👁 1 views

Treatment of complex trans-[RuCl(2)(eta(2)-C(2)H(4))[kappa(3)-N,N,N-(R,R)-Ph-pybox]] [(R,R)-Ph-pybox = 2,6-bis[4'-(R)-phenyloxazolin-2'-yl]pyridine] with phosphines or phosphites in dichloromethane at 50 degrees C leads to the formation of novel ruthenium(II)-pybox complexes trans-[RuCl(2)(L)[kappa(