Synfacts 2008(8): 0850-0850  
DOI: 10.1055/s-2008-1078562
Metal-Catalyzed Asymmetric Synthesis and Stereoselective Reactions
© Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart ˙ New York

Desymmetrization of meso-Bicyclic Hydrazines by Hydroformylation

Contributor(s): Hisashi Yamamoto, Pingfan Li
C. Bournaud, T. Lecourt, L. Micouin*, C. Méliet, F. Agbossou-Niedercorn*
Université Paris Descartes and Université des Sciences et Technologies de Lille, France
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Publication History

Publication Date:
23 July 2008 (online)

Significance

Desymmetrization of three meso-bicyclic hydrazines was achieved by rhodium-catalyzed hydroformylation to give after reduction the corresponding alcohols with modest enantiomeric excess. The effects of reaction parameters (including ligand, metal source, temperature, pressure, and substrates) were discussed in detail.