Method for the production of optically active carbonyl

US7534921B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• BASF SE

Inventors

• Christoph Jäkel · Schifferstadt, DE
• Rocco Paciello · Bad Dürkheim, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 8, 2005
• Grant date: May 19, 2009
• Expiry date: Jan 5, 2026

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C07C2601/14
• WIPO field: Chemical engineering
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

The present invention relates to a process for preparing optically active carbonyl compounds by asymmetrically hydrogenating α,β-unsaturated carbonyl compounds in the presence of optically active transition metal catalysts which are soluble in the reaction mixture and have at least one carbon monoxide ligand. The present invention especially relates to a process for preparing optically active aldehydes or ketones, in particular citronellal, by asymmetrically hydrogenating the corresponding optically active α,β-unsaturated aldehydes or ketones.