Hydrogenation is one of the most fundamental transformations in organic synthesis, and its
industrial applications span from fine chemicals to pharmaceuticals synthesis. 1− 3 Direct …

In this review, we consider the main processes for the asymmetric transfer hydrogenation of
ketones from 2008 up today. The most effective organometallic compounds (derived from …

The new chiral ligands (R)-/(S)-N-((1-phenylethyl) carbamothioyl) benzamide (L1/L2),(R)-
/(S)-N-((1-phenylethyl) carbamothioyl) thiophene-2-carboxamide (L3/L4), and (R)-/(S)-N-((1 …

A series of novel cationic mononuclear rhodium (I) complexes with the P–N–P ligands have
been prepared starting from the complex [Rh (cod) 2] BF4. The structural elucidation of the …

A new series of Schiff base ligands (L 1–L 3) and their corresponding fluorine/phenyl boron
hybrid complexes [L n BF 2] and [L n BPh 2](n= 1, 2 or 3) have been synthesized and well …

The reaction of [Rh (μ-Cl)(cod)] 2 and Ir (η 5-C 5 Me 5)(μ-Cl) Cl] 2 with aminophosphine
ligands Cy 2 PNHCH 2–C 4 H 3 X (X: O; S) gave a range of new monodendate [Rh (Cy 2 …

Metal-catalyzed transfer hydrogenation processes provide a widely-used alternative to direct
hydrogenation processes of ketones. As part of an ongoing program, we report …

The ability of transition metal catalysts to add or remove hydrogen from organic substrates
by transfer hydrogenation process is a valuable synthetic tool. For this aim, a novel Ru (II) …

Homogeneous catalysis has been responsible for many major recent developments in
synthetic organic chemistry. The combined use of organometallic and coordination …

Since the obtained chiral alcohols are rather useful as well as biologically active
compounds, reduction of ketones to their respective alcohols is a crucial topic in synthetic …