Ml. Ferrara et al., ORGANOMETALLICS IN WATER - 3-COORDINATE [PT-0(N,N-CHELATE)(ETA(2)-OLEFIN)] COMPLEXES CONTAINING NEW CHIRAL LIGANDS BASED ON ALPHA-D-MANNOSE, Organometallics, 17(18), 1998, pp. 3832-3834
New bidentate nitrogen ligands based on alpha-D-mannose were prepared
and investigated by preparing a family of platinum(O) complexes of for
mula [Pt(N,N-chelate)(eta(2)-olefin)]. The ability of one N,N-chelate
to induce a stereoselective reaction in water was assessed.