title: Inorganic asymmetric synthesis: asymmetric synthesis of a two-bladed propeller, octahedral metal complex.
abstract: A C2 hexadentate, in which two pyridine-2-aldehyde 2'-pyridylhydrazone (PAPHY) groups are linked to a chiral auxiliary derived from (R,R)-tartaric acid, (R,R)-1, reacts with iron(II) benzenesulfonate to give the two-bladed propeller, octahedral complex (P(Fe))-[Fe{(R,R)-1}](PhSO3)2 with complete diastereoselectivity, as determined by 1H NMR spectroscopy and X-ray crystallography. Saponification of the ester linkages and deprotonation of the hydrazone-NH groups in the configurationally pure diastereomer affords the complex (P(Fe))-[Fe(5-HOCH2PAPY)2] with 85% retention of configuration at the iron stereocenter, as determined by reprotonation of the neutral complex with enantiomerically pure (aR)-binaphthyl phosphoric acid and analysis of the 1H NMR spectrum of the mixture of diastereomeric salts produced. This is the first asymmetric synthesis of a two-bladed propeller, octahedral metal complex by the classical organic methodology of chiral auxiliary-directed, asymmetric synthesis.
authors.affiliation: Research School of Chemistry, Institute of Advanced Studies, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia.
authors.forename: Rebecca J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Warr
authors.forename: Anthony C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Willis
authors.forename: S Bruce
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Wild