Synthesis and evaluation of N,S-compounds as chiral ligands for transfer hydrogenation of acetophenone.

New nitrogen- and sulfur-containing compounds, bicyclic and monocyclic, were prepared and evaluated as ligands in the transfer hydrogenation of acetophenone. Utilising [Ir(COD)Cl]2 as metal precursor the best result, 80% ee, was obtained using a bicyclic sulfoxide ligand.

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