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Novel monodentate spiro phosphorus ligands for rhodium-catalyzed hydrogenation reactions
Yu Fu1, Jian-Hua Xie, Ai-Guo Hu
1State Key Laboratory, Institute of Elemento-Organic Chemistry, Nankai University, 94 Weijin Rd., Tianjin 300071, China.
Chemical Communications (Cambridge, England)
|July 18, 2002
Abstract:
Novel monodentate phosphorus ligands containing the 1,1'-spirobiindane backbone have been synthesized and applied in the asymmetric rhodium-catalyzed hydrogenation of functionalized olefins, providing excellent enantioselectivities (up to 99.3% ee).