Reduction by hydrogen transfer processes. IV - Reduction of unsaturated α,β-ketones with formic acid-triethylamine and palladium supported catalysts

Expanding the Scope of Atropisomeric Mon

Expanding the Scope of Atropisomeric Monodentate P-Donor Ligands in Asymmetric Catalysis: Hydrogen-Transfer Reduction of α,β-Unsaturated Acid Derivatives by Rhodium/Ph-binepine Catalysts

✍ Elisabetta Alberico; Ilenia Nieddu; Rossana Taras; Serafino Gladiali 📂 Article 📅 2006 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 German ⚖ 135 KB

## Abstract A range of __α,β__‐unsaturated acids and esters have been selectively reduced to the corresponding saturated acid derivatives by hydrogen transfer. As the reducing agent, formic acid was used in the presence of Rh^I^ complexes formed with the powerful chiral ligand Ph‐binepine (**1**),