Recent Progress and Applications of Transition-Metal-Catalyzed Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Transfer Hydrogenation of Ketones and Imines through Dynamic Kinetic Resolution

Based on the ever-increasing demand for enantiomerically pure compounds, the development of efficient, atom-economical, and sustainable methods to produce chiral alcohols and amines is a major concern. Homogeneous asymmetric catalysis with transition-metal complexes including asymmetric hydrogenation (AH) and transfer hydrogenation (ATH) of ketones and imines through dynamic kinetic resolution (DKR) allowing the construction of up to three stereogenic centers is the main focus of the present short review, emphasizing the development of new catalytic systems combined to new classes of substrates and their applications as well.

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This short review focuses on the development of efficient, atom-economical, and sustainable methods for the production of chiral alcohols and amines, particularly through homogeneous asymmetric catalysis. It discusses asymmetric hydrogenation and transfer hydrogenation, as well as dynamic kinetic resolution as key approaches to constructing up to three stereogenic centers.