Recent progress in the development of catalytic systems for homogenous asymmetric hydrosilylation of ketones

Abstract

Catalytic hydrosilylation of various multiple bonds provides access to numerous organosilicon compounds. One of the most important applications of this reaction is asymmetric hydrosilylation of prochiral ketones to give silyl ethers, which can be easily hydrolyzed to chiral alcohols – important building blocks and intermediates in different fields of chemistry. Until recently its wide-spread application in synthetic chemistry was limited due to the high price and low commercial availability of the catalytic systems, as well as high substrate dependence. The present review describes the advances in the development of the homogenous catalytic systems for asymmetric hydrosilylation of prochiral ketones for the period of 2010–2020, which is characterized by significant progress in the efficiency of the catalytic systems using base metals, expansion of the substrate scope, and further improvement of reaction conditions.