Application of Sugar-Based Phosphorus Ligands in Asymmetric Hydrogenation

Abstract

There is a very important application for the asymmetric hydrogenation in the actual industrial production. Sugar is chiral natural product which widely exists in the nature. More and more attention was paid to the research of the chiral sugar's synthesis and application. Sugar derivatives, as chiral ligands, were widely used in asymmetric reactions and the relative research became a very active area in organic chemistry. The recent progress of sugar-based phosphorus-containing ligands that used in asymmetric hydrogenation is reviewed.