Ruthenium complexes, prepared by mixing potassium salt of α-amino acids and [RuCl2(arene)]2, acted as catalysts for asymmetric transfer hydrogenation of ketones from 2-propanol in the presence of KOH, and enantiomeric excesses of the products reached 92%.
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Ohta et al. (1998) studied this question.