title: Catalytic asymmetric synthesis of ferrocenes and P-stereogenic bisphosphines.
abstract: The catalytic asymmetric synthesis of planar chiral ferrocenes and P-stereogenic phosphines and bisphosphines (important classes of chiral ligands for metal-catalyzed asymmetric processes) is successfully demonstrated using n-BuLi or s-BuLi in combination with substoichiometric quantities (0.1-0.5 equiv) of (-)-sparteine or the (+)-sparteine surrogate.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of York, Heslington, York YO10 5DD, UK.
authors.forename: Cédric
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Genet
authors.forename: Steven J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Canipa
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: O'Brien
authors.forename: Sven
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Taylor