Novel chiral P,N-ferrocene ligands, 1-diphenylphosphino-1'-oxazolinylf
errocenes, were prepared from ferrocene via 1,1'-bis(tributylstannyl)f
errocene and I -diphenylphosphino-1'-methoxycarbonylferrocene as inter
mediates, and with this new kind of ligand up to 91% ee with 99% chemi
cal yield was afforded for the palladium-catalyzed allylic alkylation
of 1,3-diphenyl-2-propenyl acetate with dimethylmalonate anion. The co
mplexation behavior of this kind of ligand with dichlorobis (acetonitr
ile)palladium and s(mu-chloro)(1,3-diphenyl-eta(3)-allyl)dipalladium w
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