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Synthesis of (1R, 1R′)-2, 6-bis [1-(diphenylphosphino) ethyl] pyridine and its application in asymmetric transfer hydrogenation

Q Jiang, D Van Plew, S Murtuza, X Zhang

Index: Jiang; Van Plew; Murtuza; Zhang Tetrahedron Letters, 1996 , vol. 37, # 6 p. 797 - 800

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Citation Number: 118

Abstract

A C2 symmetric tridentate ligand,(1R, 1R′) 2, 6-Bis [1-(diphenylphosphino) ethyl] pyridine, has been synthesized in enantiomerically pure form. A practical method to synthesize a variety of chiral pyridyl diols is reported. Asymmetric transfer hydrogenation is achieved using the tridentate ligand.