Y. Hayashi et al., NEW CHIRAL CHELATING PHOSPHINE COMPLEXES CONTAINING TRICARBONYL (ETA(6)-ARENE) CHROMIUM FOR HIGHLY ENANTIOSELECTIVE ALLYLIC ALKYLATION, Journal of organometallic chemistry, 503(1), 1995, pp. 143-148
New chiral phosphine complexes with an additional chelating group cont
aining tricarbonyl(eta(6)-arene)chromium were prepared from (R)-1-phen
ylethylamine and (S)-1-phenylethanol. Catalytic asymmetric allylic alk
ylation of 1,3-diphenyl-1-acetoxypropene with sodium dimethyl malonate
in the presence of palladium(0) catalyst with the chiral (arene)chrom
ium complexes gave the alkylation product of up to 94% ee.