title: Applications of planar-chiral heterocycles as ligands in asymmetric catalysis.
abstract: A new family of ligands for asymmetric transition metal-catalyzed reactions has been designed and synthesized. Thus, planar-chiral heterocycles furnish high enantioselectivity in a variety of processes, including isomerizations of allylic alcohols, O-H insertions, and 1,3-dipolar cycloadditions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA. gcf@mit.edu
authors.forename: Gregory C
authors.initials: GC
authors.lastname: Fu
mesh_terms: D002384:Catalysis; D003500:Cyclization; D006571:Heterocyclic Compounds / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry*; D008024:Ligands; D015394:Molecular Structure; D013237:Stereoisomerism
chemical_list: D006571:Heterocyclic Compounds; D008024:Ligands