Ruthenium complexes with (oxazolinylferrocenyl)phosphines, RuCl2(PPh3)
((oxazolinylferrocenyl)-phosphine), have been prepared and characteriz
ed by spectroscopy. these ruthenium complexes are very effective catal
ysts for asymmetric hydrosilylation of not only ketones but also an im
ine to give the corresponding sec-alcohols (up to 97% ee) and a sec-am
ine (88% ee) after acid hydrolysis, respectively.