Catalytic Enantioselective Hydrogenolysis of [Cr(CO)<sub>3</sub>(5,8‐Dibromonaphthalene)]

E. Peter Kündig, Piyali Datta Chaudhuri, David House, Gérald Bernardinelli

Angewandte Chemie International Edition · 2006 · 56 citations · 17 references

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Abstract

Split and run: A study of the asymmetric hydrogenolysis of an aryl-carbon–bromine bond in a naphthalene chromiumtricarbonyl complex shows the use of a new bulky phosphoramidite ligand to yield the product in highly enantiomerically enriched form (see scheme).

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