Use of achiral (diphosphine)RuCl2(diamine) precatalysts as a practical alternative to sodium borohydride for ketone reduction

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de Koning, Pieter D. [1 ]
Jackson, Mark [1 ]
Lennon, Ian C. [1 ]
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[1] Chirotech Technol Ltd, Dowpharma, Cambridge CB4 0WG, England
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10.1021/op060063n
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O69 [应用化学];
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081704 ;
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Stoichiometric sodium borohydride is frequently used in the chemoselective reduction of ketones to racemic secondary alcohols. Catalytic homogeneous hydrogenation using (diphosphine) RuCl2( diamine) complexes provides a practical and economic alternative. A range of substrates were investigated and the optimum precatalyst identified in each case. Norcamphor was reduced with high diastereoselectivity using (Ph3P)(2)RuCl2( en); (E)-4-phenylbut-3-en-2- one was reduced with good chemoselectivity, and acetophenone was hydrogenated very efficiently using the same precatalyst. Isophorone and 3-dimethylaminopropiophenone were effectively hydrogenated using (dppf) RuCl2(en).
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