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Ruthenium complexes with a chiral, bidentate phosphine/oxazoline ligand for enantioselective transfer hydrogenation of prochiral ketones

US5693820A · kind A · utility

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Assignee

BASF SE

Inventors

Gunther Helmchen · Heidelberg, DE
Thomas Langer · Macclesfield, GB

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 20, 1996
Grant date	Dec 2, 1997
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 20, 2016

Classification

Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
CPC primaryC07C2601/14
WIPO fieldChemical engineering
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

Ruthenium complexes with a chiral ligand of the general formula: ##STR1## are used for the enantioselective transfer hydrogenation of prochiral ketones.

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