A novel chemoentrapment approach for supportless recycling of a catalyst: Catalytic asymmetric dihydroxylation

Abstract

A simple method of recycling a metal catalyst through chemoentrapment in an aqueous layer using ethyl vinyl ether has been developed. Using this new methodology, a highly efficient, filtration-free recycling of osmium for catalytic asymmetric dihydroxylation was accomplished. By means of the formation of a water-soluble OsO42- using EVE, AD reactions of mono- and disubstituted olefins with 1 mol % of OsO4 proceeded for up to 9 cycles without any loss of yields and enantioselectivities.