Cobalt-catalyzed highly enantioselective hydrogenation of α,β-unsaturated carboxylic acids
A large number of marketed drugs contains a chiral carboxylic acid scaffold. Here, the authors report the asymmetric hydrogenation of α,β-unsaturated carboxylic acids to α-chiral carboxylic acids using a cobalt catalyst bearing an electron-donating chiral diphosphine ligand.
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Nature Portfolio
2020-06-01
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| Series: | Nature Communications |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-17057-z |