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Rhodium-catalysed asymmetric hydrogenation as a valuable synthetic tool for the preparation of chiral drugs

Pablo Etayoa  and  Anton Vidal-Ferran*ab  

* Corresponding authors

a Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia (ICIQ), Avgda. Països Catalans 16, E-43007 Tarragona, Spain
E-mail: avidal@iciq.es
Fax: +34 977920228
Tel: +34 977920210

b Catalan Institution for Research and Advanced Studies (ICREA), Passeig Lluís Companys 23, E-08010 Barcelona, Spain

Abstract

During the last few decades, rhodium-catalysed asymmetric hydrogenation of diverse alkene classes has emerged as a powerful synthetic tool in the pharmaceutical industry, contributing to the manufacturing of chiral drugs, recent drug candidates for clinical trials, and major synthetic precursors of drugs. Numerous efficient chiral rhodium complexes, most of which are derived from enantiopure phosphorus ligands, have been employed for the preparation of chiral drugs and intermediates thereof. This review article is intended to provide an updated overview of the most striking contributions in this field, organised according to substrate class: acrylate derivatives, itaconate derivatives, α-substituted enamides, α-arylenol acetates, and minimally functionalised olefins.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C2CS35410A
Article type
Review Article
Submitted
09 Aug 2012
First published
07 Nov 2012

Chem. Soc. Rev., 2013,42, 728-754

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Rhodium-catalysed asymmetric hydrogenation as a valuable synthetic tool for the preparation of chiral drugs

P. Etayo and A. Vidal-Ferran, Chem. Soc. Rev., 2013, 42, 728 DOI: 10.1039/C2CS35410A

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