The ultrasonic irradiation of Raney nickel catalyst in water followed by the removal of the resulting turbid supernatant gave an excellent nickel catalyst (RNi-U) which generated an asymmetrically-modified nickel catalyst. An EPMA (SEM-EDX) study indicated that RNi-U consisted of a fairly pure nickel surface of homogeneous size. Tartaric acid–NaBr-modified RNi-U (TA–NaBr–MRNi-U) showed a high enantio-differentiating ability as well as reactivity in the hydrogenation of prochiral ketones such as 1,3-diones and 3-oxoalkanoic acid esters.
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