Asymmetric Allylic Oxidation Catalyzed by Copper(I) Complexes of Chiral (Iminophosphoranyl)ferrocenes
Organometallics 2008, 27, 1026–1027
Vo D. M. Hoang, Pattubala A. N. Reddy, and Tae-Jeong Kim
Summary: The chiral (iminophosphoranyl)ferrocenes 1-3 are highly Versatile ligands in Cu-catalyzed asymmetric allylic oxidation of a series of cyclic olefins with tert-butyl perbenzoate, achieVing almost complete enantioselectiVity (up to 99% ee) in a reasonably short period of time (36 h).