Highly efficient enantioselective synthesis of optically active carboxylic acids by Ru (OCOCH3) 2 [(S)-H8-BINAP]

T Uemura, X Zhang, K Matsumura, N Sayo…

Index: Journal of Organic Chemistry, , vol. 61, # 16 p. 5510 - 5516

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Citation Number: 135

Abstract

... The Journal of Organic Chemistry. ... J. Org. Chem. ... Introduction. Asymmetric hydrogenation by chiral transition-metal complexes has been one of the most powerful methods for the synthesis of optically active organic compounds. ...