Nickel-catalyzed asymmetric transfer hydrogenation of unsaturated C=C and C=N bonds using formic acid

• Main Author: Xu, Haiyan
• Other Authors: Steve Zhou
• Format: Theses and Dissertations
• Language: English
• Published: 2017
• Subjects: DRNTU::Science::Chemistry::Organic chemistry
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/72337
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

This thesis describes my work on nickel-catalyzed asymmetric transfer hydrogenation of unsaturated C=C and C=N bonds using formic acid. It contains three main parts. Chapter one reports a highly enantioselective asymmetric hydrogenation of hydrazones with a chiral ligand, (S)-Binapine. Both aryl an...