S. Maiorana et al., Synthesis of the first chiral phosphorous chelate aminophosphino-carbene complex and its applications in stereoselective addition reactions, INORG CHIM, 296(1), 1999, pp. 236-245
The first phosphorous chelate chiral aminophosphinomethyl carbene complex 5
has been synthesized. Its conjugated base represents a new chiral cr-unsub
stituted amide enolate equivalent for stereoselective addition reactions. T
he structure of the major diastereoisomer of the aldol addition complex bet
ween 5 and pO(2)N-C6H4-CHO, solved by X-ray diffraction, shows that the (S)
-enantiomer of the conjugated base of 5 reacts preferentially with the re f
ace of the carbonyl function. (C) 1999 Elsevier Science S.A. All rights res
erved.