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Asymmetric Hydrogenation of Minimally Functionalised Terminal Olefins: An Alternative Sustainable and Direct Strategy for Preparing Enantioenriched Hydrocarbons
Author(s) -
Pàmies Oscar,
Andersson Pher G.,
Diéguez Montserrat
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
chemistry – a european journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.687
H-Index - 242
eISSN - 1521-3765
pISSN - 0947-6539
DOI - 10.1002/chem.201001909
Subject(s) - iridium , asymmetric hydrogenation , catalysis , chemistry , combinatorial chemistry , organic chemistry , terminal (telecommunication) , transition metal , enantioselective synthesis , computer science , telecommunications
This account discusses the progress made in the asymmetric hydrogenation of minimally functionalised terminal olefins as a new, alternative, sustainable and direct strategy for preparing enantioenriched hydrocarbons. It discusses the latest development in catalyst design, from the initial discovery of lanthanide catalytic precursors, through the use of transition‐metal/diphosphine–iminophosphorane precursors, to the successful iridium/P,N catalytic systems.