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The Catalyst Precursor, Catalyst, and Intermediate in the Ru<sup>II</sup>‐Promoted Asymmetric Hydrogen Transfer between Alcohols and Ketones
Angewandte Chemie International Edition in English · 1997 · Vol. 36(3) · pp. 285–288
Karl‐Josef Haack(Toyota Motor Corporation (Switzerland))Shohei Hashiguchi(Toyota Motor Corporation (Switzerland))Akio Fujii(Toyota Motor Corporation (Switzerland))Takao Ikariya(Toyota Motor Corporation (Switzerland))Ryōji Noyori✉(Toyota Motor Corporation (Switzerland))
Abstract
New insight into the mechanism of catalysis. The purple 16-electron complex 1 and the yellow 18-electron complex 2 directly mediate the asymmetric, RuII-catalyzed hydrogen transfer between secondary alcohols and ketones. Both complexes were characterized by X-ray crystallography.
Asymmetric Hydrogenation and CatalysisCatalysis for Biomass ConversionSurface Chemistry and CatalysisCatalysisChemistryElectron transferHydrogenRutheniumKetonePhotochemistryMedicinal chemistryOrganic chemistry
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