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Synfacts 2008(8): 0851-0851  
DOI: 10.1055/s-2008-1077911
Metal-Catalyzed Asymmetric Synthesis and Stereoselective Reactions
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Efficient Asymmetric Hydrogenation of Aromatic α-Keto Esters

Contributor(s): Mark Lautens, Valentina Aureggi
Q. Meng, Y. Sun, V. Ratovelomanana-Vidal, J. P. Genêt*, Z. Zhang*
Shanghai Jiaoton University, P. R. of China and Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Paris, France
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23 July 2008 (online)

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Significance

The efficient asymmetric hydrogenation of aromatic α-keto esters is reported. The CeCl3˙7H2O is used as an effective additive to obtain the corresponding product with enantioselectivities among the best ones reported in literature for the hydrogenation of α-keto esters.