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Synfacts 2006(11): 1136-1136  
DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-949450
Metal-Catalyzed Asymmetric Synthesis and Stereoselective Reactions
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Iridium-Catalyzed Hydrogenation of Olefins and Furan Derivatives

Contributor(s): Hisashi Yamamoto, Joshua P. Abell
S. Kaiser, S. P. Smidt, A. Pfaltz*
University of Basel, Switzerland
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Publication Date:
24 October 2006 (online)

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Significance

With this work Pfaltz and co-workers developed a ligand to improve the substrate scope of their previous work on iridium-catalyzed hydrogenation. While trying to imitate the coordination sphere of Crabtree’s catalyst, this work demonstrates the substrate scope of various alkenes and furan derivatives.