Asymmetric transfer hydrogenation of alpha-azido acrylates

作者:Ji, Yang; Xue, Ping; Ma, Dan-Dan; Li, Xue-Qiang; Gu, Peiming; Li, Rui*
来源:Tetrahedron Letters, 2015, 56(1): 192-194.
DOI:10.1016/j.tetlet.2014.11.072

摘要

The asymmetric transfer hydrogenation of alpha-azido acrylates has been explored, a range of alpha-hydroxy esters are produced with good enantioselectivities (80-90% ee). The reaction was conducted in the wet HCO2H/NEt3 with Ru-TsDPEN A.