Asymmetrical hydrogenation
US5288928A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 20, 1992 |
| Grant date | Feb 22, 1994 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 20, 2012 |
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- Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
- CPC primaryC07B2200/07
- WIPO fieldOrganic fine chemistry
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
There is disclosed a process for the asymmetrical hydrogenation of (E)-2-methyl-3-phenyl-2-propen-1-ol of formula ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 is as defined herein, to give compounds of formula ##STR2## The catalyst is a neutral or cationic rhodium complex of a chiral atropisomeric phosphine.
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