Tetrahedron Letters

Synthesis of xanthene-derived diimine and iminophosphine compounds as potential chiral bidentate ligands

G Malaisé, L Barloy, JA Osborn

Index: Malaise, Gregory; Barloy, Laurent; Osborn, John A Tetrahedron Letters, 2001 , vol. 42, # 42 p. 7417 - 7419

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Abstract

The synthesis of one diimine and two iminophosphine chiral ligands bearing a xanthene backbone in, respectively, four and five steps is described. The diimine is characterised by X- ray crystallography. A preliminary test in palladium-catalysed asymmetric allylic alkylation ...