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Synfacts 2009(10): 1135-1135  
DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1217915
Metal-Catalyzed Asymmetric Synthesis and Stereoselective Reactions
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Iridium/SpinPHOX Complex Catalyzed Hydrogenation of Ketimines

Contributor(s): Hisashi Yamamoto, Pingfan Li
Z. Han, Z. Wang, X. Zhang, K. Ding*
Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, P. R. of China and The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, USA
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22. September 2009 (online)

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Significance

Spiro[4,4]-1,6-nonadiene-based phosphine-oxazoline ligands (SpinPHOX) are readily synthesized by a very efficient route. These new ligands are applied to the challenging iridium-catalyzed hydrogenation of ketimines to afford chiral amines with up to 98% ee.