Enantioselective hydrogenation of quinolines catalyzed by Ir(BINAP)-Cored dendrimers: Dramatic enhancement of catalytic activity

The asymmetric hydrogenation of quinolines catalyzed by chiral dendritic catalysts derived from BINAP gave the corresponding products with high enantioselectivities (up to 93%), excellent catalytic activities (TOF up to 3450 h(-1)), and productivities (TON up to 43 000). In addition, the third-generation catalyst could be recovered by precipitation and filtration and reused at least six times with similar enantioselectivity.