title: Expanding the family of bis-cyclometalated chiral-at-metal rhodium(iii) catalysts with a benzothiazole derivative.
abstract: Synthetic access to previously elusive single enantiomers of an octahedral chiral-at-metal rhodium(iii) complex containing two cyclometalated 2-phenylbenzothiazoles and two acetonitrile ligands is reported. The complex is a superior chiral Lewis acid catalyst compared to its benzoxazole congener which can be rationalized with a higher steric congestion around the coordination sites.
authors.affiliation: Philipps-Universität Marburg, Hans-Meerwein-Strasse 4, 35043 Marburg, Germany. meggers@chemie.uni-marburg.de.
authors.forename: Jiajia
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ma
authors.forename: Xiaodong
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Shen
authors.forename: Klaus
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Harms
authors.forename: Eric
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Meggers