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The first Ru(II)-catalysed asymmetric hydrogen transfer reduction of aromatic ketones in aqueous media
H Y Rhyoo1, H J Park, Y K Chung
1School of Chemistry and Center for Molecular Catalysis, Seoul National University, Seoul 151-747, Korea.
Chemical Communications (Cambridge, England)
|September 21, 2002
Abstract:
The first water-soluble asymmetric hydrogen-transfer ruthenium(II) catalyst system consisting of [Ru(p-cymene)Cl2]2, (S)-proline amide, and sodium formate, which gives high conversion rates with high ee values up to 95.3% and is reusable, has been developed.