title: Highly enantioselective transfer hydrogenation of quinolines catalyzed by gold phosphates: achiral ligand tuning and chiral-anion control of stereoselectivity.
abstract: A little gold goes a long way: as little as 0.01 mol % of chiral gold phosphate is sufficient to afford the asymmetric transfer hydrogenation of quinolines with high stereoselectivity (up to 98 % ee). The achiral ligands on gold were found to have considerable effect on the catalytic efficiency.
authors.affiliation: Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China, China.
authors.forename: Xi-Feng
authors.initials: XF
authors.lastname: Tu
authors.forename: Liu-Zhu
authors.initials: LZ
authors.lastname: Gong
mesh_terms: D000838:Anions / Q000737:chemistry; D002384:Catalysis; D006046:Gold / Q000737:chemistry*; D006859:Hydrogen / Q000737:chemistry*; D006865:Hydrogenation; D008024:Ligands; D015394:Molecular Structure; D010710:Phosphates / Q000737:chemistry; D011804:Quinolines / Q000737:chemistry*; D013237:Stereoisomerism; D013379:Substrate Specificity
chemical_list: D000838:Anions; D008024:Ligands; D010710:Phosphates; D011804:Quinolines; D006046:Gold; D006859:Hydrogen