Mikami Koichi, Wakabayashi Kazuki, Aikawa Kohsuke
Department of Applied Chemistry, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo 152-8552, Japan.
Org Lett. 2006 Apr 13;8(8):1517-9. doi: 10.1021/ol052936o.
[reaction: see text] The chirality of an "achiral" benzophenone-based complex can be controlled. The benzophenone-based complex thus controlled affords high enantioselectivity in the catalytic asymmetric ketone hydrogenation (up to 99% ee, >99% yield).