Electronic and steric effects of ligands as control elements for rhodium-catalyzed asymmetric hydrogenation

摘要

Chiral diphosphine ligands analogous to bdpp have been synthesized and tested in order to study the effect of the electronic nature of the ligands in Rh-catalyzed asymmetric hydrogenation of some prochiral olefins. The results are compared with those obtained with the analogous unsubstituted ligand (bdpp). The rhodium-catalyzed asymmetric hydrogenation of olefins was influenced by ligand-based electronic effects, as well as substrate based ones. Excellent ee's (up to 98.3%) have been obtained in the rhodium-catalyzed hydrogenation of (Z)-alpha-acetamidocinnamic acids and esters. (C) 2004 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.