Critical Factors for the Technical Application of Homogeneous Enantioselective Catalysts

2 Critical Factors for the Technical Application of Homogeneous Enantioselective Catalysts 

The application of homogeneous enantioselective catalysts on a technical scale presents some very special challenges and problems [3, 4, 6, 7], Some of these problems are due to the special manufacturing situation of the products involved, others to the nature of the enantioselective catalytic processes. 

Optically pure compounds will be used above all as pharmaceuticals and vitamins 

In the final analysis, the choice of a specific catalytic step is usually determined by 

For most other aspects such as catalyst stability and sensitivity, handling problems, catalyst separation, space-time yield, poisoning, chemoselectivity, process sensitivity, toxicity, safety, special equipment, etc., enantioselective catalysts have similar problems and requirements compared to nonehiral homogeneous catalysts. 

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