The efficient catalytic systems generated in situ from RuCl2(PPh3)3 and chiral ligands N,N-bis[2-(di-o-tolylphosphino)-benzyl]cyclohexane-1,2-diamine(2) were employed for asymmetric transfer hydrogenation of aromatic ketones, giving the corresponding optically active alcohols with high activities(up to 99% conversion) and excellent enantioselectivities(up to 96% e.e.) under mild conditions. The chiral ruthenium(Ⅱ) complex (R,R)-3 has been prepared and characterized by NMR and X-ray crystallography.
Novel chiral PN_4-type multidentate aminophosphine ligands have been successfully synthesized by Schiff-base condensation of bis(o-formylphenyl)phenylphosphane and various chiral amino-sulfonamides.Their structures were fully characterized by IR,EI-MS and NMR.The catalytic systems,prepared in situ from the multidentate ligands and iridium(I) complexes,showed high activity in asymmetric transfer hydrogenation of propiophenone in 2-propanol solution,leading to corresponding optical alcohol with up to 75%ee.
Shen Luan Yu Yan Yun Li Zhen Rong Dong Juan Ni Zhang Qi Li Jing Xing Gao
