G. Nicolosi et al., ENANTIOPURE 1-HYDROXYMETHYL-2-DIMETHYLAMINOMETHYLFERROCENE AS EFFICIENT CATALYST IN THE ENANTIOSELECTIVE ADDITION OF DIETHYLZINC TO ALDEHYDES, Tetrahedron : asymmetry, 5(9), 1994, pp. 1639-1642
A ferrocenyl amino alcohol possessing only planar chirality has been e
mployed as a catalyst in the enantioselective alkylation of aldehydes
with Et(2)Zn. Seven chiral secondary alcohols in 64 similar to 83% e.e
. have been prepared.