Technical Note:

1.New class of hydrogenation catalyst which can convert unfunctionalized styrenyl olefins into alkanes with excellentenantioselectivity.

2.Catalyst used for the asymmetric hydrogenation of a, ß-unsturated nitriles.

3.Catalyst used for the chemeoselective and enantioselective hydrogenation of (1 -chloro-1 -alkenyl) boronic esters

4.Catalyst used for the enantioselective synthesis of chromanes.

References:

1.Adv. Synth. Catal., 2002, 344, 40.

2.Acc. Chem. Res., 2007, 40, 1402.

3.Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2014, 53, 8668.

4.Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2012, 51, 1014.

5.Synlett..2008, 20, 3167.