a Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Merck Research Laboratories, PO Box 2000, Rahway, NJ 07065, USA b Department of Process Research, Merck Research Laboratories, PO Box 2000, Rahway, NJ 07065, USA
Abstract:
Asymmetric hydrogenation of achiral spiroindene dimethyl acetic acid 2 with 4% of Ru(II)-Mandyphos in acetone produced (S)-spiroindane dimethyl acetic acid 1 in 86% isolated yield and 96.8:3.2 enantiomeric ratio.