Singly hydrogen bonded supramolecular ligands for highly selective rhodium-catalyzed hydrogenation reactions

Authors
Publication date 2009
Journal Angewandte Chemie, International Edition
Volume | Issue number 48 | 12
Pages (from-to) 2162-2165
Organisations
  • Faculty of Science (FNWI) - Van 't Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences (HIMS)
Abstract H bonds make the catalysts! A single hydrogen bond between ligands coordinated to a rhodium center is critical for the formation of pure supramolecular catalysts for asymmetric hydrogenation reactions. The ester group of the amidite ligand (see scheme) also forms a hydrogen bond with the coordinated substrate. Use of the heterocomplex afforded the highest enantioselectivity reported to date for the hydrogenation of several ester substrates.
Document type Article
Published at https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.200806177
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