The first stereospecific catalytic hydrogenation with a polymer supported optically active rhodium complex

U Nagel, E Kinzel

Index: Nagel, U.; Kinzel, E. Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications, 1986 , # 14 p. 1098 - 1099

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Abstract

Optical yields up to 100% are obtained in the heterogeneous hydrogenation of a-(acety1amino)cinnamic acid and its methyl ester in the presence of rhodium complexes of 3,4-(R,R)-bis(diphenylphosphino)pyrrolidine, bound covalently to silica. ... While heterogeneous catalysis is important in many fields of chemistry, there are only a few examples of this technique in the production of optically active molecules. The highest optical yield in heterogeneous ...