Pure Appl. Chem. Vol.
73, No. 7, pp. 1113-1116 (2001)
Pure and Applied
Chemistry
Vol. 73, Issue
7
Applications of "planar-chiral" heterocycles in asymmetric
catalysis*
Gregory C. Fu
Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of
Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
Abstract: Planar-chiral derivatives of pyridine function as
efficient catalysts for processes such as the kinetic resolution of
primary amines and the desymmetrization/ring-opening of meso epoxides.
Planar-chiral pyrrolyl and phospholyl derivatives serve as effective
chiral ligands for a range of metal-catalyzed reactions, including the
copper-catalyzed ring-expansion of oxetanes and the rhodium-catalyzed
isomerization of allylic alcohols.
*Lecture presented at the 38th IUPAC Congress/World
Chemistry Congress 2001, Brisbane, Australia, 1-6 July 2001. Other presentations
are published in this issue, pp.1033-1145.
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