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Water‐Soluble Arene Ruthenium Complexes Containing a trans ‐1,2‐Diaminocyclohexane Ligand as Enantioselective Transfer Hydrogenation Catalysts in Aqueous Solution (Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 22/2005)
Author(s) -
Canivet Jérôme,
Labat Gael,
StoeckliEvans Helen,
SüssFink Georg
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
european journal of inorganic chemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.667
H-Index - 136
eISSN - 1099-0682
pISSN - 1434-1948
DOI - 10.1002/ejic.200590047
Subject(s) - chemistry , ruthenium , enantioselective synthesis , transfer hydrogenation , acetophenone , catalysis , aqueous solution , formate , ligand (biochemistry) , homogeneous catalysis , organic chemistry , combinatorial chemistry , medicinal chemistry , receptor , biochemistry
The cover picture shows the postulated catalytic cycle for the pH‐dependent, enantioselective transfer hydrogenation of acetophenone to give phenylethanol in water, using formate as hydrogen donor and (arene)ruthenium( trans ‐diaminocyclohexane) as chiral catalyst. This work illustrates the increasing interest for water‐soluble enantioselective catalysts operating in aqueous solution. Details are discussed in the article by G. Süss‐Fink et al. on p. 4493 ff.