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Synthesis 2011(23): 3796-3800
DOI: 10.1055/s-0031-1289569
DOI: 10.1055/s-0031-1289569
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Birch Reaction Followed by Asymmetric Iridium-Catalysed Hydrogenation
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Publication History
Received
5 September 2011
Publication Date:
20 October 2011 (online)


Abstract
Birch reaction products are asymmetrically hydrogenated with high enantio- and diastereoselectivity via iridium catalysts. This new method of producing chiral compounds was explored for a variety of 1,3-di- and 1,2,4-tri-substituted cyclohexadienes.
Key words
asymmetric catalysis - iridium - hydrogenation - reduction - radical reaction