Novel Chiral Switching Ligands for Enantioselective Asymmetric Reductions of Prochiral Ketones
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- 29 November 2001
- Vol. 6 (12), 988-995
- https://doi.org/10.3390/61200988
Abstract
The newly developed chiral ligands 1 and 4 show opposite enantioselectivity in the asymmetric reduction of prochiral ketones resulting in the production of either enantiomer depending on the metal complex with high enantiomeric excess.Keywords
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