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Ketones were asymmetrically transformed to chiral acetates by one-pot processes using a lipase and an achiral ruthenium complex under 1 atm of hydrogen gas in ethyl acetate. Molecular hydrogen was also effective for the transformation of enol acetates to chiral acetates without additional acyl donors with the same catalyst system.
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Jung et al. (2000) studied this question.
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