Organic chemistry

Asymmetric hydrogenation

Combinatorial chemistry

Stereochemistry

Transition metal

Enantioselective synthesis

Catalysis

Asymmetric induction

Chemistry

Transfer hydrogenation

Metal

Enantiomer

Ruthenium

Chemical Society Reviews

This review focuses on asymmetric direct and transfer hydrogenation with first-row transition metal complexes. The reaction mechanisms and the models of enantiomeric induction were summarized and emphasized.

Asymmetric hydrogenation catalyzed by first-row transition metal complexes