The golden age of transfer hydrogenation

D Wang, D Astruc - Chemical reviews, 2015 - ACS Publications
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 …

The chiral boronate-catalyzed asymmetric transfer hydrogenation of various aromatic ketones to high-value alcohols: Preparation and spectroscopic studies

A Kilic, M Durgun, F Durap, M Aydemir - Journal of Organometallic …, 2019 - Elsevier
This work deals with the synthesis, spectroscopic studies and catalytic evaluation of the
novel chiral salen (L 1 H 2) and (L 2 H 2) ligands and their chiral boronate [L 1 (B 1-4)] and …

Imidazolium ion tethered TsDPENs as efficient water-soluble ligands for rhodium catalyzed asymmetric transfer hydrogenation of aromatic ketones

G Kang, S Lin, A Shiwakoti, B Ni - Catalysis Communications, 2014 - Elsevier
An imidazolium ion tethered TsDPEN has been synthesized readily and used as a water-
soluble ligand for [Cp* RhCl 2] 2 catalyzed asymmetric transfer hydrogenation (ATH) of …

The first application of C2-symmetric ferrocenyl phosphinite ligands for rhodium-catalyzed asymmetric transfer hydrogenation of various ketones

B Ak, M Aydemir, F Durap, N Meric, A Baysal - Inorganica Chimica Acta, 2015 - Elsevier
Homogeneous catalysis has been responsible for many major recent developments in
synthetic organic chemistry. The combined use of organometallic and coordination …

Well designed iridium-phosphinite complexes: Biological assays, electrochemical behavior and density functional theory calculations

K Rafikova, N Meriç, NE Binbay, V Okumuş… - … Acta Part A: Molecular …, 2024 - Elsevier
Mononuclear phosphinite Iridium complexes based on ferrocene group have been prepared
and characterized by various spectroscopic techniques. The complexes were subjected to …

Novel Mononuclear Metal-Phosphinite Compounds And Catalytic Performance In Transfer Hydrogenation Of Ketones

U Işık, N Meriç, M Aydemir - Middle East Journal of Science, 2022 - dergipark.org.tr
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 …

Enantioselective transfer hydrogenation of various ketones with novel efficient iridium (III) ferrocenyl-phosphinite catalysts

N Meric, M Aydemir - Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, 2016 - Elsevier
The asymmetric reduction of prochiral ketones is a pivotal reaction for the preparation of
chiral alcohols which form an extremely important class of intermediates for fine chemicals …

Novel pyrazolylphosphite–and pyrazolylphosphinite–ruthenium (ii) complexes as catalysts for hydrogenation of acetophenone

G Amenuvor, C Obuah, E Nordlander, J Darkwa - Dalton Transactions, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
The new compounds and potential ligands 2-(3, 5-di-tert-butyl-1H-pyrazol-1-yl)
ethyldiphenlyphosphinite (L1), 2-(3, 5-di-tert-butyl-1H-pyrazol-1-yl) ethyldiethylphosphite …

Catalysts for the asymmetric transfer hydrogenation of various ketones from [3-[(2S)-2-[(diphenylphosphanyl) oxy]-3-phenoxypropyl]-1-methyl-1H-imidazol-3-ium …

N Meriç, N Arslan, C Kayan, K Rafikova, A Zazybin… - Inorganica Chimica …, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract The combination of [3-[(2S)-2-[(diphenylphosphanyl) oxy]-3-phenoxypropyl]-1-
methyl-1H-imidazol-3-ium chloride] with [Ru (η 6-arene)(μ-Cl) Cl] 2, Ir (η 5-C 5 Me 5)(μ-Cl) …

Highly efficient iridium catalysts based on C2-symmetric ferrocenyl phosphinite ligands for asymmetric transfer hydrogenations of aromatic ketones

B Ak, M Aydemir, F Durap, N Meric, D Elma… - Tetrahedron …, 2015 - Elsevier
A series of chiral modular C 2-symmetric ferrocenyl phosphinite ligands have been
synthesized in good yields by using 1, 1′-ferrocenedicarboxyaldehyde and various amino …