Ciba-geigy Corporation

Novartis Corporation

Antonio Togni

Felix Spindler

Amina Tijani

Nadia Zanetti

Guido Bold

Hans Allgeier

Rudolf Duthaler

Roland Heckendorn

John G Dingwall

Christof Angst

Derek E Brundish

Graham E Fagg

Ferrocenyl diphosphines as ligands for homogeneous catalysts

Compounds of formula I ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 is C.sub.1 -C.sub.8 alkyl, phenyl or phenyl which is substituted by 1 to 3 C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl or C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkoxy groups; R.sub.2 and R.sub.3 are identical and are C.sub.1 -C.sub.12 alkyl, C.sub.5 -C.sub.12 cycloalkyl or C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl- or C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkoxy-substituted C.sub.5 -C.sub.12 cycloalkyl, or phenyl which is substituted by one to three identical or different members selected from the group consisting of C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkoxy,--SiR.sub.4 R.sub.5 R.sub.6, halogen, --SO.sub.3 M,--CO.sub.2 M,--PO.sub.3 M,--NR.sub.7 R.sub.8 and --[.sup..sym. NR.sub.7 R.sub.8 R.sub.9 ]X.sup..crclbar. ; or R.sub.1 and R.sub.3 are different and are C.sub.1 -C.sub.12 alkyl, C.sub.5 -C.sub.12 cycloalkyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl- or C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkoxy-substituted C.sub.5 -C.sub.12 cycloalkyl, phenyl or phenyl which is substituted by one to three identical or different members selected from the group consisting of C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkoxy,--SiR.sub.4 R.sub.5 R.sub.6, halogen, --SO.sub.3 M,--CO.sub.2 M,--PO.sub.3 M.sub.2, --NR.sub.7 R.sub.8 and --[.sup..sym. NR.sub.7 R.sub.8 R.sub.9 ]X.sup..crclbar. ; or the group --PR.sub.2 R.sub.3 is a radical of formula II ##STR2## and R.sub.4, R.sub.5 and R.sub.6 are each independently of one another C.sub.1 -C.sub.12 alkyl or phenyl, R.sub.7 and R.sub.8 are H, C.sub.1 -C.sub.12 alkyl, phenyl or R.sub.7 and R.sub.8, taken together, are tetramethylene, pentamethylene or 3-oxa-1,5-pentylene, R.sub.9 is H or C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl, M is H or an alkali metal, X.sup..crclbar. is the anion of a monobasic acid, and * is a stereogenic carbon atom, in the form of their racemates and diastereoisomers or mixtures of diastereoisomers. Rhodium and iridium complexes with these ligands are suitable for use as homogeneous enantioselective catalysts for the hydrogenation of prochiral compounds containing carbon double bonds or carbon/hereto atom double bonds.

Compounds of formula I ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 is C.sub.1 -C.sub.8 alkyl, phenyl or phenyl which is substituted by 1 to 3 C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl or C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkoxy groups; R.sub.2 and R.sub.3 are identical and are C.sub.1 -C.sub.12 alkyl, C.sub.5 -C.sub.12 cycloalkyl or C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl- or C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkoxy-substituted C.sub.5 -C.sub.12 cycloalkyl, or phenyl which is substituted by one to three identical or different members selected from the group consisting of C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkoxy, --SiR.sub.4 R.sub.5 R.sub.6, halogen, --SO.sub.3 M, --CO.sub.2 M, --PO.sub.3 M,--NR.sub.7 R.sub.8 and --[.sup..sym. NR.sub.7 R.sub.8 R.sub.9 ]X.sup..crclbar. ; or R.sub.2 and R.sub.3 are different and are C.sub.1 -C.sub.12 alkyl, C.sub.5 -C.sub.12 cycloalkyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl- or C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkoxy-substituted C.sub.5 -C.sub.12 cycloalkyl, phenyl or phenyl which is substituted by one to three identical or different members selected from the group consisting of C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkoxy, --SiR.sub.4 R.sub.5 R.sub.6, halogen, --SO.sub.3 M, --CO.sub.2 M, --PO.sub.3 M.sub.2, --NR.sub.7 R.sub.8 and --[.sup..sym.NR.sub.7 R.sub.8 R.sub.9 ]X.sup..crclbar. ; or the group --PR.sub.2 R.sub.3 is a radical of formula II ##STR2## and R.sub.4, R.sub.5 and R.sub.6 are each independently of one another C.sub.1 -C.sub.12 alkyl or phenyl, R.sub.7 and R.sub.8 are H, C.sub.1 -C.sub.2 alkyl, phenyl or R.sub.7 and R.sub.8, taken together, are tetramethylene, pentamethylene or 3-oxa-1,5-pentylene, R.sub.9 is H or C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl, M is H or an alkali metal, X.sup..crclbar. is the anion of a monobasic acid, and * is a stereogenic carbon atom, in the form of their racemates and diastereoisomers or mixtures of diastereoisomers. Rhodium and iridium complexes with these ligands are suitable for use as homogeneous enantioselective catalysts for the hydrogenation of prochiral compounds containing carbon double bonds or carbon/hetero atom double bonds.

The invention relates to unsaturated amino acids of the formula I ##STR1## in which R.sup.1 represents hydroxy or etherified hydroxy, R.sup.2 represents hydrogen, alkyl, hydroxy or etherified hydroxy, R.sup.3 represents hydrogen, alkyl, haloalkyl, hydroxyalkyl, lower alkoxyalkyl, arylalkyl, lower alkenyl, halogen or aryl, R.sup.4 represents hydrogen, alkyl or aryl, R.sup.5 represents hydrogen or alkyl, R.sup.6 represents carboxy or esterified or amidated carboxy, R.sup.7 represents amino or amino substituted by alkyl or acyl, A represents unsubstituted or alkyl-substituted .alpha.,.omega.-alkylene having from 1 to 3 carbon atoms or represents a bond, and B represents methylene or a bond, with the proviso that A is other than a bond when B represents a bond, and salts thereof. They can be manufactured, for example, in accordance with the Michaelis-Arbuzov reaction and can be used as pharmacologically active substances.

Unsaturated amino acids

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