title: Asymmetric hydrogenation of minimally functionalised terminal olefins: an alternative sustainable and direct strategy for preparing enantioenriched hydrocarbons.
abstract: This account discusses the progress made in the asymmetric hydrogenation of minimally functionalised terminal olefins as a new, alternative, sustainable and direct strategy for preparing enantioenriched hydrocarbons. It discusses the latest development in catalyst design, from the initial discovery of lanthanide catalytic precursors, through the use of transition-metal/diphosphine-iminophosphorane precursors, to the successful iridium/P,N catalytic systems.
authors.affiliation: Departament de Química Física i Inorgànica, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, C/Marcel⋅lí Domingo s/n, 43007 Tarragona, Spain.
authors.forename: Oscar
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Pàmies
authors.forename: Pher G
authors.initials: PG
authors.lastname: Andersson
authors.forename: Montserrat
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Diéguez
mesh_terms: D000475:Alkenes / Q000737:chemistry*; D002384:Catalysis; D006838:Hydrocarbons / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry; D006865:Hydrogenation; D007204:Indium / Q000737:chemistry; D015394:Molecular Structure; D013237:Stereoisomerism
chemical_list: D000475:Alkenes; D006838:Hydrocarbons; D007204:Indium