Chem. J. Chinese Universities ›› 2001, Vol. 22 ›› Issue (S1): 130.

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Synthesis of New Chiral Hydrogenated Quinolinyl-Oxazoline Ligands

ZHOU Yi-Bo, DUAN Xue-Xin, ZHOU Qi-Lin   

  1. Stale Key Laboratory and Institute of Elemento-organic Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China
  • Received:2001-08-01 Online:2001-12-31 Published:2001-12-31
  • Contact: qlzhou@public.tp.tj.cn E-mail:qlzhou@public.tp.tj.cn

Abstract:

Chiral hydrogenated quinolinyl-oxazoline ligands 2a-c were synthesized from 8-quinolinyl carboxylic acid and chiral amino alcohols. The complex formed from [RuCl2(cymene)] and of 2c acts as an catalyst in asymmetric hydrogenation of acetophenone in #em/em#-PrOH, leading to 2-phenylethanol in 44%ee and 71% isolated yield. The optimizations of the reaction are ongoing in our laboratory.

Key words: Chiral ligand, Hydrogenated quinolinyl-oxazoline, Asymmetric transfer hydrogenation

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