Thioether-N-heterocyclic carbene ligands for the asymmetric hydrogenation of olefins: Perspective and opportunities Authors Pol de la Cruz-Sánchez Universitat Rovira i Virgili Òscar Pàmies Universitat Rovira i Virgili Montserrat Diéguez Universitat Rovira i Virgili Keywords: Ir-catalysts, N-heterocyclic carbenes, olefins, thioether, asymmetric hydrogenation. Abstract Asymmetric catalysis has emerged as one of the most powerful tools for the synthesis of high value organic compounds (i.e. pharmaceuticals, fragrances, agrochemicals, etc.). In this field, the asymmetric hydrogenation (AH) of olefins is one of the most sustainable methods due to its perfect atomic economy, high efficiency and operational simplicity. Phosphine ligands have dominated the field of asymmetric hydrogenation during the past decades, but the recent success of thioetherbased ligands (developed in our group) and carbene-based ligands make these scaffolds an ideal field for further investigations. In this case, we decided to combine these two scaffolds with the preparation of new thioether-carbene ligands and compare their efficiency in the AH of olefins with their phosphorus-based analogues, together with mechanistic studies (reactivities with deuterium and hydrogen).Keywords: Ir-catalysts, N-heterocyclic carbenes, olefins, thioether, asymmetric hydrogenation. Downloads Download data is not yet available. Downloads PDF (Català) Issue No. 19 (2020) Section Articles License The intellectual property of articles belongs to the respective authors. On submitting articles for publication to the journal Revista de la Societat Catalana de Química, authors accept the following terms:Authors assign to Catalan Society of Chemistry (a subsidiary of Institut d’Estudis Catalans) the rights of reproduction, communication to the public and distribution of the articles submitted for publication to Revista de la Societat Catalana de Química.Authors answer to Catalan Society of Chemistry for the authorship and originality of submitted articles.Authors are responsible for obtaining permission for the reproduction of all graphic material included in articles.Catalan Society of Chemistry declines all liability for the possible infringement of intellectual property rights by authors.The contents published in the journal, unless otherwise stated in the text or in the graphic material, are subject to a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs (by-nc-nd) 3.0 Spain licence, the complete text of which may be found at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/deed.en. Consequently, the general public is authorised to reproduce, distribute and communicate the work, provided that its authorship and the body publishing it are acknowledged, and that no commercial use and no derivative works are made of it.The journal is not responsible for the ideas and opinions expressed by the authors of the published articles.
