a Université Paris-Sud, Laboratoire de Catalyse Moléculaire, ICMMO, UMR 8182, Orsay F-91405, France b Equipe de Synthèse Asymétrique et Biocatalyse, LCOA, Université Badji Mokhtar, 23000 Annaba, Algeria c CNRS, Orsay F-91405, France
Abstract:
ATH reductions of aliphatic ketones in water catalyzed by ruthenium coordinated by prolinamide ligands produce alcohols with moderate enantiomeric excesses in most cases. A set of seven aliphatic ketones is proposed for a rapid evaluation of the enantioselectivity of catalysts by one-pot multi-substrates reduction. The screening of a library of prolinamides shows that according to the structure of the ketones different ligands give the best asymmetric inductions.