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Asymmetric Hydrogenation of Disubstituted Furans

Jędrzej Wysocki, Nuria Ortega, Frank Glorius

Angewandte Chemie International Edition · 2014 · 96 citations · 57 references

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Abstract

An enantioselective hydrogenation of disubstituted furans has been developed by using a chiral ruthenium catalyst with N-heterocyclic carbene ligands. This reaction converts furans into valuable enantioenriched disubstituted tetrahydrofurans.

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