First enantioselective allylic etherification with phenols catalyzed by chiral ruthenium bisoxazoline complexes

2 July 2004

journal article
research article
Published by Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in Chemical Communications

Vol. 36 (16) , 1870-1871
https://doi.org/10.1039/b406039c

Abstract

Regio- and enantioselective substitution of cinnamyl chloride by phenols has been achieved with up to 82% enantiomeric excess, using a ruthenium catalyst prepared from [Cp*(CH₃CN)₃Ru][PF₆] and a chiral bisoxazoline ligand.

Keywords

ETHERIFICATION
ALLYLIC
ENANTIOSELECTIVE
PHENOLS
PF6
CINNAMYL
ENANTIOMERIC
SUBSTITUTION
3RU
CHLORIDE

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