title: Synthesis and application of planar-chiral phosphaferrocene-oxazolines, a new class of P,N-ligands
abstract: The synthesis of several phosphaferrocene-oxazolines, members of a new family of planar-chiral ligands, is described. These bidentate P, N-ligands are applied to enantioselective palladium-catalyzed allylic alkylations, for which it is shown that the planar-chirality of the phosphaferrocene, not the chirality of the oxazoline, determines the stereochemical outcome of the reaction.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA.
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Shintani
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Lo
authors.initials: GC
authors.lastname: Fu