Stereoelectronic requirements for a new class of asymmetric ketone reduction catalysts containing an NPO structural unit

Autor: Martin Wills, John R. Studley, Heather Tye, N. Paul King, Barry Burns
Rok vydání: 1994
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Zdroj: Tetrahedron: Asymmetry. 5:801-804
ISSN: 0957-4166
DOI: 10.1016/s0957-4166(00)86231-x
Popis: A number of new catalysts for the asymmetric reductions of ketones by borane are described. The highest accelerations are achieved by catalysts in which the phosphinamide (R 2 NPO) unit can adopt a planar geometry. This observation has provided an insight into the mechanism of catalysis.
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