Journal of the American Chemical Society, Vol.136, No.13, 4841-4844, 2014
Enantioselective Synthesis of Planar Chiral Ferrocenes via Pd(0)-Catalyzed Intramolecular Direct C-H Bond Arylation
A highly efficient synthesis of planar chiral ferrocenes by enantioselective Pd(0)-catalyzed direct C-H arylation from readily available starting materials under mild reaction conditions was developed (up to 99% yield, 99% ee). The products can be easily transformed to the highly efficient planar ferrocene ligands, which have demonstrated high efficiency in Pd-catalyzed asymmetric allylic alkylation and amination reactions.