Journal of the American Chemical Society, Vol.132, No.7, 2136-2136, 2010
Enantioselective Synthesis of Planar-Chiral Phosphaferrocenes by Molybdenum-Catalyzed Asymmetric Interannular Ring-Closing Metathesis
Enantioselective synthesis of planar-chiral phosphaferrocenes was realized for the first time by molybdenum-catalyzed asymmetric ring-closing metathesis (ARCM) in up to 99% ee, which is the first application of ARCM to induction of chirality in molecules devoid of stereogenic centers.