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Synfacts 2010(11): 1267-1267  
DOI: 10.1055/s-0030-1258806
Metal-Catalyzed Asymmetric Synthesis and Stereoselective Reactions
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Ruthenium-Catalyzed Hydrogenative Desymmetrization of Bicyclic Amides

Contributor(s): Hisashi Yamamoto, Kimberly Griffin
M. Ito, C. Kobayashi, A. Himizu, T. Ikariya*
Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan
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21 October 2010 (online)

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Significance

The previously reported Cp*Ru(PN) ligand (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2009, 48, 1324) is applied here to the asymmetric hydrogenation of monocyclic and bicyclic imides. This is a nice example of desymmetrization to generate new alcohols and imides.