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Chemoselective conjugate reduction of α,β-unsaturated ketones catalyzed by rhodium amido complexes in aqueous media
Li, Xuefeng,Li, Liangchun,Tang, Yuanfu,Zhong, Ling,Cun, Linfeng,Zhu, Jin,Liao, Jian,Deng, Jingen
experimental part, p. 2981 - 2988 (2010/07/05)
Although a notable feature of Noyori's Ru-TsDPEN complex is that the transfer hydrogenation reaction is highly chemoselective for the C-O functional group and tolerant of alkenes, our early report indicated that the chemoselectivity could be switched from C-O to C-C bonds in the transfer hydrogenation of activated α,β-unsaturated ketones. Now we have found that a variety of α,β-unsaturated ketones, even without other electron-withdrawing functional groups, could be reduced on the alkenic double bonds with high selectivities employing amido-rhodium hydride complex in aqueous media, and up to 100% chemoselectivity has been achieved. It is notable that the chemoselectivity was improved significantly on going from organic solvent to water. Moreover, a 1,4-addition mechanism has been proposed on the basis of the corresponding experimental details and computational analysis.
