A chiral metallacyclophane for asymmetric catalysis†
Hua Jiang,Aiguo Hu,Wenbin Lin
Chemical Communications Pub Date : 12/03/2002 00:00:00 , DOI:10.1039/B208324H
Abstract
Chiral metallacyclophanes were self-assembled from cis-(PEt3)2PtCl2 and enantiopure atropisomeric 1,1′-binaphthyl-6,6′-bis(acetylenes) and used in highly enantioselective catalytic diethylzinc additions to aldehydes to afford chiral secondary alcohols.
