Original use of the same heterogeneous chiral catalyst batch to promote different asymmetric reactions

摘要

An electrogenerated heterogeneous chiral (poly)salen-thiophene chromium complex successfully promoted different asymmetric catalytic reactions in an original successive manner, demonstrating its high stability and versatility. Asymmetric catalysis has gained special attention from organic chemists as a more straightforward, economic and safe way to produce valuable enantioenriched synthons. Some optimized procedures have also already been developed at the industrial scale, proving the feasibility of such developments, especially in the field of enantioselective hydrogenation reactions.