title: Manipulating the diastereoselectivity of ortholithiation in planar chiral ferrocenes.
abstract: The sense of asymmetric ortholithiation directed by a chiral oxazoline may be inverted simply by the choice of achiral ligand. Comparison of results with a number of ferrocenyl oxazoline derivatives suggests that lithiation takes place by coordination to the oxazoline nitrogen irrespective of the ligand used.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and Polymer Science, University of Stellenbosch, Matieland, 7602, South Africa.
authors.forename: Simon A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Herbert
authors.forename: Dominic C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Castell
authors.forename: Jonathan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Clayden
authors.forename: Gareth E
authors.initials: GE
authors.lastname: Arnott
mesh_terms: D002384:Catalysis; D005296:Ferrous Compounds / Q000737:chemistry*; D008024:Ligands; D018020:Lithium Compounds / Q000737:chemistry*; D015394:Molecular Structure; D009584:Nitrogen / Q000737:chemistry*; D010080:Oxazoles / Q000737:chemistry*; D013237:Stereoisomerism
chemical_list: D005296:Ferrous Compounds; D008024:Ligands; D018020:Lithium Compounds; D010080:Oxazoles; D009584:Nitrogen