Immobilization of chiral Rh catalyst on glass and application to asymmetric transfer hydrogenation of aryl ketones in aqueous media

A chiral catalyst, Cp*RhTsDPEN (Cp* = pentamethyl cyclopentadiene, TsDPEN = substitutive phenylsulfonyl-1,2-diphenylethylenediamine), was synthesized and immobilized at the surface of glass. The immobilized catalyst exhibited good catalytic efficiency for asymmetric transfer hydrogenation of aromatic ketones in water with HCOONa as hydrogen source.

A chiral Rh catalyst was immobilized on the surface of glass slide, and the heterogeneous catalyst exhibited good catalytic efficiency for asymmetric transfer hydrogenation (ATH) of aromatic ketones in aqueous medium.Figure optionsDownload as PowerPoint slide