We report a facile two step synthesis of chiral tetradentate ligands f
or late metal complexes. The ligands are easily prepared from trans-1,
2-diaminocyclohexane or chiral 1, 2-diphenylethylenediamine and a het
eroaromatic sulfonyl chloride in the presence of base (K2CO3 or Et3N).
These compounds represent a new class of chiral tetradentate N2S2 and
N-4 based ligands. (C) 1997 Elsevier Science Ltd.