- Enantioselective Pd-catalyzed hydrogenation of fluorinated imines: facile access to chiral fluorinated amines.
Enantioselective Pd-catalyzed hydrogenation of fluorinated imines: facile access to chiral fluorinated amines.
Organic letters (2010-10-06)
Mu-Wang Chen, Ying Duan, Qing-An Chen, Duo-Sheng Wang, Chang-Bin Yu, Yong-Gui Zhou
PMID20919725
ABSTRACT
An enantioselective hydrogenation of simple fluorinated imines has been developed using Pd(OCOCF(3))(2)/(R)-Cl-MeO-BIPHEP as a catalyst, and up to 94% ee was achieved. This method provides an efficient route to enantioenriched fluorinated amines.
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