- Catalytic enantioselective desymmetrization of meso cyclic anhydrides via iridium-catalyzed hydrogenation.
Catalytic enantioselective desymmetrization of meso cyclic anhydrides via iridium-catalyzed hydrogenation.
Organic letters (2013-03-15)
Tang-Lin Liu, Wei Li, Huiling Geng, Chun-Jiang Wang, Xumu Zhang
PMID23485036
摘要
A novel method to desymmetrize meso-anhydrides into lactones via asymmetric hydrogenation catalyzed by the Ir-C3*-TunePhos complex has been developed. Various chiral lactones were synthesized with full conversion and excellent enantioselectivity under high reaction temperature.