Highly Enantioselective Synthesis of 3-Hydroxy-2-methylpropanoic Acid Esters Through Ruthenium-SYNPHOS®-Catalyzed Hydrogenation: Useful Building Blocks for the Synthetic Community

Autor: Jean-Pierre Genêt, Séverine Jeulin, Tahar Ayad, Virginie Ratovelomanana-Vidal
Rok vydání: 2007
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Zdroj: ChemInform. 38
ISSN: 1522-2667
0931-7597
DOI: 10.1002/chin.200746046
Popis: Both enantiomers of 3-hydroxy-2-methylpropanoic acid tert-butyl ester were prepared with high enantioselectivity (up to 94 %) through a ruthenium-SYNPHOS®-promoted asymmetric hydrogenation reaction using an atom-economic transformation from simple and inexpensive precursors.
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