MOLECULAR-STRUCTURE OF 1,3-DISUBSTITUTED PI-ALLYL PALLADIUM(II) COMPLEXES WITH A CHIRAL DIPHOSPHINE - THE INTERMEDIATE OF PALLADIUM-CATALYZED ASYMMETRIC ALLYLIC ALKYLATION
M. Yamaguchi et al., MOLECULAR-STRUCTURE OF 1,3-DISUBSTITUTED PI-ALLYL PALLADIUM(II) COMPLEXES WITH A CHIRAL DIPHOSPHINE - THE INTERMEDIATE OF PALLADIUM-CATALYZED ASYMMETRIC ALLYLIC ALKYLATION, Chemistry Letters, (3), 1996, pp. 241-242
Structural studies by X-ray analysis and NMR spectroscopy of the pi-al
lyl complex, [Pd(eta(3)-1,3-diphenylallyl)((S)-BINAP)]-PF6 . AcOEt, ha
ve been carried out, and revealed the stereochemical feature for the i
ntermediate of palladium-catalyzed asymmetric allylic alkylation. The
dissimilarity of the two phenyl groups attached to the pi-allyl moiety
is assumed to be one of the origin of the selectivity. In solution tw
o configurational isomers, (syn, syn) and (syn, anti), exist.