1266550-96-2Relevant academic research and scientific papers
Ruthenium-catalysed synthesis of chiral exocyclic allylic alcoholsviachemoselective transfer hydrogenation of 2-arylidene cycloalkanones
Zhang, Kaili,Liu, Qixing,He, Renke,Chen, Danyi,Deng, Zhangshuang,Huang, Nianyu,Zhou, Haifeng
, p. 1628 - 1632 (2021)
An exclusive asymmetric reduction of C=O bonds of 2-arylidene four-, five-, six-, and seven-membered cycloalkanones has been studied systematically. The asymmetric transfer hydrogenation was performed using a robust and commercially available chiral diamine-derived ruthenium complex as a catalyst and HCOOH/Et3N as a hydrogen source under mild conditions, giving 51 examples of chiral exocyclic allylic alcohols in up to 96% yield and 99% ee. This method was also applicable to the gram-scale synthesis of the active intermediates of the anti-inflammatory loxoprofen and natural product (?)-goniomitine.
