Asymmetric synthesis of chiral alpha-ferrocenylalkylamines and their use in the preparation of chiral redox-active receptors.
A new strategy for the asymmetric synthesis of chiral primary alpha-ferrocenylalkylamines has been utilized to generate homochiral redox-active receptors that bind chiral carboxylate anions with moderate enantioselectivity and undergo a redox response to complexation. [structure: see text]
Laurent
Pierre
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School of Chemistry, University of Exeter, Stocker Road, Exeter EX4 4QD, U.K.
Miyaji
Hidekazu
H
Collinson
Simon R
SR
Prokes
Ivan
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Moody
Christopher J
CJ
Tucker
James H R
JH
Slawin
Alexandra M Z
AM