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Asymmetric Transfer Hydrogenations of β-Enamine Cyanide with Chiral Ammonia Borane

  • Zhou Qiwen ,
  • Feng Xiangqing ,
  • Yang Jing ,
  • Du Haifeng
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  • a Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering Beijing Key Laboratory of Bioprocess, College of Life Sciences and Technology, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029;
    b Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, CAS Key Laboratory of Molecular Recognition and Function, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190

Received date: 2019-04-30

  Revised date: 2019-06-06

  Online published: 2019-06-12

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Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 21825108, 91856103).

Abstract

The asymmetric transfer hydrogenation represents one important class of reactions for the synthesis of optically active compounds. A chiral ammonia borane was generated in situ from an H2 release reaction between chiral phosphoric acid and ammonia borane, which could be regenerated by the assistance of water after the hydrogen transfer process and made this reaction catalytic. With this chiral ammonia borane, asymmetric transfer hydrogenations of β-enamine cyanides were realized to afford the desired products in 48%~98% yields with 61%~95% ee.

Cite this article

Zhou Qiwen , Feng Xiangqing , Yang Jing , Du Haifeng . Asymmetric Transfer Hydrogenations of β-Enamine Cyanide with Chiral Ammonia Borane[J]. Chinese Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2019 , 39(8) : 2188 -2195 . DOI: 10.6023/cjoc201904079

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