Asymmetric hydrogenation of an o-toluic acid derivative to 2-methylcyclohexanoic acid with high optical selectivity (up to 95%) was performed by using (S)-pyroglutamic acid methyl ester as a chiral auxiliary and Rh–Al2O3 as the catalyst.
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Besson et al. (1998) studied this question.