Wu Xiaofeng, Vinci Daniele, Ikariya Takao, Xiao Jiangliang
Liverpool Centre for Materials and Catalysis, Department of Chemistry, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UKL69 7ZD.
Chem Commun (Camb). 2005 Sep 21(35):4447-9. doi: 10.1039/b507276j. Epub 2005 Jul 29.
A Rh(III) complex generated in situ from [Cp*RhCl2]2 and (1R,2R)-N-(p-toluenesulfonyl)-1,2-cyclohexanediamine (TsCYDN) serves as a remarkably effective, robust catalyst for the asymmetric transfer hydrogenation of aromatic ketones by HCOONa in water in air, affording alcohols in up to 99% ee.