posted on 2016-02-01, 00:00authored byZhong Yan, Bo Wu, Xiang Gao, Mu-Wang Chen, Yong-Gui Zhou
A highly enantioselective palladium-catalyzed
hydrogenation of
a series of linear and cyclic α-iminophosphonates has been achieved,
providing efficient access to optically active α-aminophosphonates
with up to 99% ee.