H. Ishitani et K. Achiwa, ASYMMETRIC REACTIONS CATALYZED BY CHIRAL METAL-COMPLEXES - LXXVI - ELECTRONIC EFFECT OF PROLINATE LIGAND-DIRHODIUM(II) COMPLEXES ON CATALYTIC ASYMMETRIC DIPOLAR CYCLOADDITION, Heterocycles, 46, 1997, pp. 153-156
We prepared several efficient chiral N-benzoylpyrroridine-carboxylic a
cid ligands for dirhodium-catalyzed asymmetric dipolar cycloaddition a
nd found that the electronic effect of the dirhodium(II) complexes inf
luenced the catalytic activity, and the electron-poor catalysts were s
hown to be efficient for the reaction. Enantioselectivities of up to 9
8% ee were attained.