Kam-to Wan, Mark E. Davis
1993
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Journal of The Chemical Society, Chemical Communications
Abstract
The synthesis of sulfonated 2,2′-bis(diphenylphosphino)-1,1′-binaphthyl (binap) is reported; a rhodium complex of this ligand is the first to perform asymmetric hydrogenation in neat water with optical yields as high as those obtained in nonaqueous solvent.