Aluminum-based catalysts for the asymmetric Meerwein-Schmidt-Ponndorf- Verley-Oppenauer (MSPVO) reaction manifold

Christopher R. Graves, E. Joseph Campbell, Son Binh T. Nguyen*

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Abstract

The development of aluminum-based catalysts for the asymmetric Meerwein-Schmidt-Ponndorf-Verley-Oppenauer (MSPVO) reduction/oxidation systems is reviewed with an emphasis on the mechanistic understanding of the origin for activity and selectivity in monometallic catalysts.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)3460-3468
Number of pages9
JournalTetrahedron Asymmetry
Volume16
Issue number21
DOIs
StatePublished - Oct 31 2005

Funding

We gratefully acknowledge financial support from the NSF and the DOE through a grant administered by the Northwestern University Institute for Environmental Catalysis. STN additionally acknowledges support from the Packard Foundation and the A. P. Sloan Foundation. CRG is an NSERC PGS-D2 International Predoctoral Fellow. EJC. thanks the GEM and IMGIP fellowship programs for financial support.

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Catalysis
  • Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
  • Organic Chemistry
  • Inorganic Chemistry

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