title: Transfer Hydrogenation in Water.
abstract: This article provides an account of our group's efforts in developing aqueous-phase transfer hydrogenation reactions. It is comprised of mainly two parts. The first part concentrates on asymmetric transfer hydrogenation in water, enabled by Noyori-Ikariya catalysts, while the second part is concerned with the achiral version of the reaction catalysed by a new class of catalysts, iridacycles. A range of substrates are featured, including various carbonyl compounds and N-heterocycles.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, L69 7ZD, UK.
authors.forename: Xiaofeng
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Applied Surface and Colloid Chemistry, Ministry of Education, and Department of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an, 710062, P.R. China.
authors.forename: Chao
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, L69 7ZD, UK.|Key Laboratory of Applied Surface and Colloid Chemistry, Ministry of Education, and Department of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an, 710062, P.R. China.
authors.forename: Jianliang
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Xiao
keywords: aldehydes; ketones; nitrogen heterocycles; transfer hydrogenation; water chemistry