Rhodium-catalyzed asymmetric hydrogenation of β-branched enamides for the synthesis of β-stereogenic amines?

Chemical Communications Pub Date: 2018-05-21 DOI: 10.1039/C8CC02798F

Abstract

Using a rhodium complex of a bisphosphine ligand (R)-SDP, β-branched simple enamides with a (Z)-configuration were hydrogenated to β-stereogenic amines in quantitative yields and with excellent enantioselectivities (88–96% ee).

Graphical abstract: Rhodium-catalyzed asymmetric hydrogenation of β-branched enamides for the synthesis of β-stereogenic amines
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