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Phosphite‐thioether/selenoether Ligands from Carbohydrates: An Easily Accessible Ligand Library for the Asymmetric Hydrogenation of Functionalized and Unfunctionalized Olefins
Author(s) -
Margalef Jèssica,
Borràs Carlota,
Alegre Sabina,
Alberico Elisabetta,
Pàmies Oscar,
Diéguez Montserrat
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
chemcatchem
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.497
H-Index - 106
eISSN - 1867-3899
pISSN - 1867-3880
DOI - 10.1002/cctc.201900132
Subject(s) - thioether , ligand (biochemistry) , chemistry , catalysis , substrate (aquarium) , combinatorial chemistry , organic chemistry , asymmetric hydrogenation , tartaric acid , enantiomer , enantioselective synthesis , biochemistry , oceanography , receptor , citric acid , geology
A large family of phosphite‐thioether/selenoether ligands has been easily prepared from accessible L‐(+)‐tartaric acid and D‐(+)‐mannitol and applied in the M‐catalyzed (M=Ir, Rh) asymmetric hydrogenation of a broad number of substrates (46 in total). Its highly modular architecture has been crucial to maximize the catalytic performance. Improving most of the reported approaches, this ligand family presents a broad substrate scope. By selecting the ligand parameters high enantioselectivities (ee's up to 99 %) have therefore been achieved in a broad range of both, functionalized and unfunctionalized substrates. Interestingly, both enantiomers of the hydrogenation products can be usually achieved by changing the ligand parameters.