Sj. Cook et al., A NOVEL ONE-POT SYNTHESIS OF HOMOCHIRAL (R)-(-) AND (S)-(-FE(CO)(ETA(5)-C5H5)(PPH(3))COCH3()), Journal of the Chemical Society. Perkin transactions. I, (17), 1994, pp. 2369-2372
Treatment of the salt [Fe(CO)(2)(eta(5)-C5H5)(PPh(3))]Br with potassiu
m L-mentholate followed by lithium bromide and methyllithium generates
, after work-up and crystallisation, homochiral (S)-(+)[Fe(CO)(eta(5)-
C5H5)(PPh(3))COCH3] in greater than or equal to 30% yield.