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CHEMCATCHEM
Volume 9, Issue 10, Pages 1744-1748Publisher
WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
DOI: 10.1002/cctc.201700042
Keywords
asymmetric synthesis; chiral ligands; hydride ligands; hydrogenation; manganese
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- Austrian Science Fund (FWF) [T631-N28, P29584-N28]
- Xray Center of Vienna University of Technology
- Austrian Science Fund (FWF) [P29584] Funding Source: Austrian Science Fund (FWF)
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Manganese complexes of the types [Mn(PNP')(Br)(CO)(2)] and [Mn(PNP')(H)(CO)(2)] containing a tridentate ligand with a planar chiral ferrocene and a centro chiral aliphatic unit were synthesized, characterized, and tested in the enantioselective transfer hydrogenations of 13 ketones. The catalytic reactions proceeded with conversions up to 96% and ee values up to 86 %. The absolute configuration of all products was determined to be (S). Notably, the presence of dihydrogen (up to 20 bar) did not affect the reduction. On the basis of DFT calculations, preliminary mechanistic details including the origin of the (S) selectivity are presented. The molecular structure of [Mn(PNP')(Br)(CO)(2)] was studied by X-ray diffraction.
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