Abstract
The imidazole-tagged BINAP ligands were synthesized and used for Ru-catalyzed asymmetric hydrogenation of β-keto esters in ionic liquid (IL) systems. The Ru-BINAP catalysts with the imidazolium tags show high catalytic activity and enantioselectivity, which closely parallel the performance of unmodified BINAP. The catalyst recycling experiments using [bmim]Tf2N/MeOH system demonstrated that introducing imidazolium moieties to the BINAP backbone can effectively enhance the affinity of the Ru-catalysts to the IL, reduce Ru leaching and improve catalysts stability, and after several cycles no significant loss of activity and enantioselectivity was observed.
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