Technical Notes:
1.Used in the ruthenium-catalyzed enantioselective hydrogenation of aromatic ketones .
2.Used in ruthenium-catalyzed asymmetric hydrogenation of racemic aldehydes to optically active primaryalcohols
3.Used in ruthenium- catalyzed enantioselective monohydrogenation of meso- cyclic imides .
References:
1.J.Am. Chem. Soc., 1995, 117, 2675. 2.Org L ett., 2004, 6, 2937.
3.J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2007, 129, 1868. 4.J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2010, 132, 12832.