Chem. J. Chinese Universities ›› 2020, Vol. 41 ›› Issue (10): 2107.doi: 10.7503/cjcu20200515

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Progress of Transition Metal⁃catalyzed Asymmetric Hydrogenation in China

ZHANG Shuxin1,2, FENG Yu1,2(), FAN Qinghua1,2()   

  1. 1.Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences,CAS Key Laboratory of Molecular Recognition and Function,Institute of Chemistry,Chinese Academy of Sciences(CAS),Beijing 100190,China
    2.University of Chinese Academy of Sciences,Beijing 100190,China
  • Received:2020-07-31 Online:2020-10-10 Published:2020-10-08
  • Contact: FENG Yu,FAN Qinghua E-mail:fengyu211@iccas.ac.cn;fanqh@iccas.ac.cn
  • Supported by:
    the National Natural Science Foundation of China(21790332)

Abstract:

Chiral transition metal complexes-catalyzed asymmetric hydrogenation is one of the most efficient methods for the synthesis of optically pure compounds including amino acids, alcohols, amines and acids, and has been intensively investigated in the past several decades. This review mainly summarizes the main progress of the transition metal-catalyzed asymmetric hydrogenation achieved by Chinese scientists from two aspects: (1) the design and synthesis of chiral phosphorus ligands and their transition metal catalysts; (2) catalytic asymmetric hydrogenations of new and difficult substrates including functionalized olefins, ketones, imines and heteroaromatic compounds. In addition, the challenges and prospects in the field of asymmetric hydrogenation are briefly discussed.

Key words: Asymmetric hydrogenation, Chiral phosphine ligand, Metal catalyst, Chiral compound

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