Synlett 2023; 34(12): 1399-1402
DOI: 10.1055/s-0042-1752986
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Special Issue Honoring Masahiro Murakami’s Contributions to Science

1,4-Reduction of α,β-Unsaturated Ketones through Rhodium(III)-Catalyzed Transfer Hydrogenation

Xuewen Yu
a   Department of Environmental Monitoring, Changsha Environmental Protection College, Changsha 410004, P. R. of China
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Saihong Wan
b   Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology and Traditional Chinese Medicine, Ministry of Education of China, Key Laboratory of the Assembly and Application of Organic Functional Molecules of Hunan Province, Hunan Normal University, Changsha 410081, P. R. of China
c   College of Chemical Engineering, Xiangtan University, Xiangtan 411105, P. R. of China
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Wang Zhou
b   Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology and Traditional Chinese Medicine, Ministry of Education of China, Key Laboratory of the Assembly and Application of Organic Functional Molecules of Hunan Province, Hunan Normal University, Changsha 410081, P. R. of China
c   College of Chemical Engineering, Xiangtan University, Xiangtan 411105, P. R. of China
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Financial support from the National Science Foundation of China (No. 21372188) and Hunan Normal University are greatly appreciated.


Dedicated to Professor Masahiro Murakami on the occasion of his retirement from Kyoto University

Abstract

A rhodium(III)-catalyzed transfer hydrogenation of unsaturated ketones was developed. The simple catalytic system could be used for the 1,4-reduction of unsaturated cyclic, acyclic ketones, diketones, as well as β-ketoester, and a variety of functional groups were well-tolerated, affording products in moderate to excellent yields.

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Eingereicht: 19. Juli 2022

Angenommen nach Revision: 29. August 2022

Artikel online veröffentlicht:
30. September 2022

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