Synfacts 2010(10): 1151-1151  
DOI: 10.1055/s-0030-1258687
Metal-Catalyzed Asymmetric Synthesis and Stereoselective Reactions
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Iron(II)-Bis(isonitrile) Catalyzed Asymmetric Transfer Hydrogenation

Contributor(s): Hisashi Yamamoto, Zhi Li
A. Naik, T. Maji, O. Reiser*
Universität Regensburg, Germany
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Publication History

Publication Date:
22 September 2010 (online)

Significance

The authors developed bis(isonitrile) compounds as a novel class of chiral ligands. The catalytic ability of these compounds were ­testified in the iron-catalyzed asymmetric transfer hydrogenation of aromatic and heteroaromatic ­ketones.