S. Lee et al., SYNTHESIS OF NEW C-2-SYMMETSIC BIOXAZOLES AND APPLICATION AS CHIRAL LIGANDS IN ASYMMETRIC HYDROSILYLATION, Tetrahedron : asymmetry, 8(17), 1997, pp. 2927-2932
New C-2-symmetric chiral (4S,4'S)-bioxazoles 3a and 3b, possessing chi
rality on their backbone, were synthesized efficiently starting from L
-tartaric acid. The structure of 3a was determined by X-ray crystal st
ructure analysis. With these novel chiral bioxazole ligands, as a prel
iminary investigation for their effects on the enantioselectivity, rho
dium(I)-catalyzed enantioselective hydrosilylations of acetophenone we
re carried out. (C) 1997 Published by Elsevier Science Ltd.