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P/S ligands derived from carbohydrates in Rh-catalyzed hydrosilylation of ketones
Noureddine Khiar1, Manuel Pernía Leal, Raquel Navas
1Instituto de Investigaciones Químicas (IIQ), CSIC-Universidad de Sevilla, c/. Américo Vespucio, 49., Isla de la Cartuja, 41092 Sevilla, Spain. khiar@iiq.csic.es
Abstract:
Reported is the synthesis of a number of diastereomerically pure cationic Rh(I)-complexes I starting from phosphinite thioglycosides. These complexes were used in the asymmetric hydrosilylation of prochiral ketones. The reactivity and enantioselectivity of the reaction was shown to be dependent on the pyranose ring, the substituent at the sulfur atom, the hydroxylic protective groups and most significantly on the alkene co-ligand.
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