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Asymmetric Hydrogenation: Design of Chiral Ligands and Transition Metal Complexes. Synthetic and Industrial Applications.
Author(s) -
Genêt JeanPierre,
Phansavath Phannarath,
RatovelomananaVidal Virginie
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
israel journal of chemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.908
H-Index - 54
eISSN - 1869-5868
pISSN - 0021-2148
DOI - 10.1002/ijch.202100023
Subject(s) - chemistry , transition metal , steric effects , asymmetric hydrogenation , homogeneous , catalysis , combinatorial chemistry , molecule , electronic effect , enantioselective synthesis , organic chemistry , nanotechnology , physics , materials science , thermodynamics
This personal account focuses on the development of atropisomeric ligands and chiral transition metal complexes and their applications to the asymmetric hydrogenation of alkenes, ketones and heteroaromatics using Ru(II) and Ir(III) catalysts in‐house developed. Particularly, effective scaled‐up development syntheses of SYNPHOS and DIFLUORPHOS have been successfully achieved and their steric and electronic profiling established. Going further, we demonstrated the utility of such homogeneous catalytic process highlighted with examples of industrial applications and total syntheses of biorelevant targets. Asymmetric hydrogenation provides a powerful tool for performing precise stereocontrolled transformations on valuable complex molecules.