title: New chiral ligands bearing two N-heterocyclic carbene moieties at a dioxolane backbone. Gold, palladium and rhodium complexes as enantioselective catalysts.
abstract: Biscarbene ligands with two imidazolin-2-ylidene moieties at a chiral dioxolane backbone were used as ligands for gold, rhodium and palladium complexes. All new complexes showed varying degrees of enantioselectivity toward hydrogenation of prochiral alkenes with ees up to 95%.
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Madrid, CSIC, C/Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz 3, Cantoblanco, 28049 Madrid, Spain.
authors.forename: Avelina
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Arnanz
authors.forename: Camino
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: González-Arellano
authors.forename: Alberto
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Juan
authors.forename: Gonzalo
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Villaverde
authors.forename: Avelino
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Corma
authors.forename: Marta
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Iglesias
authors.forename: Félix
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Sánchez