Continuous preparation of an optically active carbonyl compound by asymmetric hydrogenation

    公开(公告)号:US11242306B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-02-08

    申请号:US17274142

    申请日:2019-09-03

    申请人: BASF SE

    摘要: Process for the continuous production of an optically active carbonyl compound by asymmetric hydrogenation of a prochiral α,β-unsaturated carbonyl compound with hydrogen in the presence of a homogeneous rhodium catalyst that has at least one chiral ligand, wherein a liquid reaction mixture comprising the prochiral α,β-unsaturated carbonyl compound is subjected in a first, backmixed reactor to a gas/liquid two-phase hydrogenation, and the liquid reaction mixture is then further hydrogenated in a second reactor, wherein the prochiral α,β-unsaturated carbonyl compound is employed in the first reactor in a concentration from 3% to 20% by weight. The process allows a high total conversion to the prochiral α,β-unsaturated carbonyl compound.

    P-chiral phosphine ligands and use thereof for asymmetric synthesis

    公开(公告)号:US10919921B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-02-16

    申请号:US16099324

    申请日:2017-05-05

    申请人: BASF SE

    摘要: The present invention relates to chiral compounds with two optically active phosphorus atoms, chiral transition metal catalysts which comprise these compounds as ligands, a process for preparing the P-chiral compounds and processes for asymmetric synthesis using the chiral transition metal catalysts. The present invention specifically relates to a process for preparing an optically active carbonyl compound by asymmetric hydrogenation of a prochiral α,β-unsaturated carbonyl compound with hydrogen in the presence of an optically active transition metal catalyst according to the invention. Yet more specifically, the present invention relates to a process for the asymmetric hydrogenation of citral, and also a process for preparing optically active menthol.