Pd(OAc)2-catalyzed asymmetric hydrogenation of sterically hindered N-tosylimines

oleh: Jianzhong Chen, Zhenfeng Zhang, Bowen Li, Feilong Li, Yulin Wang, Min Zhao, Ilya D. Gridnev, Tsuneo Imamoto, Wanbin Zhang

Format: Article
Diterbitkan: Nature Portfolio 2018-11-01

Deskripsi

Sterically hindered unsaturated compounds are challenging substrates for asymmetric hydrogenation. Here, the authors report a palladium/chiral (bis)phosphine catalytic system that hydrogenates a number of hindered N-tosylimines with excellent enantioselectivitites.