title: Carbohydrate-based pseudo-dipeptides: new ligands for the highly enantioselective Ru-catalyzed transfer hydrogenation reaction.
abstract: Ruthenium-complexes of novel carbohydrate based pseudo-dipeptide ligands effectively and selectively catalyze the reduction of a broad range of aryl-alkyl ketones under ATH conditions. Excellent enantioselectivities (>99% ee) are obtained using aminosugars as the sole source of chirality.
authors.affiliation: Departament de Química Física i Inorgànica, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Campus Sescelades, C/Marcellí Domingo, s/n, 43007 Tarragona, Spain.
authors.forename: Mercedes
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Coll
authors.forename: Oscar
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Pàmies
authors.forename: Hans
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Adolfsson
authors.forename: Montserrat
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Diéguez
mesh_terms: D002241:Carbohydrates / Q000737:chemistry; D002384:Catalysis; D004151:Dipeptides / Q000737:chemistry*; D006027:Glycosides / Q000737:chemistry; D006865:Hydrogenation; D007659:Ketones / Q000737:chemistry*; D008024:Ligands; D012428:Ruthenium / Q000737:chemistry*; D013237:Stereoisomerism
chemical_list: D002241:Carbohydrates; D004151:Dipeptides; D006027:Glycosides; D007659:Ketones; D008024:Ligands; D012428:Ruthenium