Asymmetric Transfer Hydrogenation of Ketones Catalyzed by Rhenium Complexes with Chiral Ferrocenylphosphane Ligands

E Mejía, R Aardoom, A Togni

Index: Mejia, Esteban; Aardoom, Raphael; Togni, Antonio European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, 2012 , # 31 p. 5021 - 5032,12

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Abstract

Abstract We have prepared a series of new rhenium complexes containing chiral ferrocenyldiphosphane ligands of the Josiphos family, starting from commercially available rhenium sources. These new Re V oxido and nitrido complexes, several of which have been characterized by X-ray crystallography, are air-and moisture-stable and are active catalysts in the asymmetric transfer hydrogenation of ketones using 2-propanol as the hydrogen ...