Noyori's Hydrogenation Catalyst Needs a Lewis Acid Cocatalyst for High Activity We thank Mr. Christian Dambouwy, Thales Technologies AG, Zürich, Switzerland, for experimental work to compare the effects of various combinations of bases and salts. Additionally, we thank Mr. Holgar Sellner in the group of Prof. D. Seebach for assistance in ee measurements, and Sebastian D. Friess for carefully correcting the German version of this manuscript.
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