(1R,2R)-N,N'-BIS(2-ACETYL-3-OXO-2-BUTENYLIDENE)-1,2-DIMESITYLETHYLENEDIAMINATO COBALT(II)

Uses

• Schiff base-cobalt complex catalyst for asymmetric borohydride reduction of carbonyl compounds

• Enantioselective borohydride reduction
• Stereoselective preparation of aryl alcohols via asymmetric reduction of aryl ketones with borohydride
• Stereoselective borohydride reduction of diketones to diols
• Stereoselective preparation of optically active deuterated primary alcohols via enantioselective borodeuteride reduction of aldehydes
• Stereoselective preparation of β-hydroxy esters via dynamic kinetic resolution of alkylketo esters with enantioselective borohydride reduction
• Chemoselective, diastereoselective, and enantioselective borohydride reduction of 1,3-diketones
• Asymmetric synthesis of diarylhydroxypropanones by stereoselective reduction of alkyldiaryldiketones