A new approach to enantiopure C3-symmetric molecules.
Chiral base chemistry has been used to create three chiral centres in one pot on a C3-symmetric substrate. The potential of this new approach to C3-symmetric molecules is exemplified by the creation of an enantiopure C3v-symmetric triol, triphosphane and tripyridine. A ruthenium complex of the last compound has been studied by X-ray crystallography.
Castaldi
M Paola
MP
Department of Chemistry, Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus, London SW7 2 AY, UK.
Gibson
Susan E
SE
Rudd
Matthew
M
White
Andrew J P
AJ