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Kinetic resolution of the chiral iron acetyl [Fe(η5-C5H5)(CO)(PPh3)COMe]

Hedgecock, Charles J.R.; Prime, Jeremy C.; Case-Green, Stephen C.; Costello, James F.; Davies, Stephen G.; Hedgecock, Charles J. R.; Heaton, Nicholas; Primes, Jeremy C.

Authors

Charles J.R. Hedgecock

Jeremy C. Prime

Stephen C. Case-Green

Stephen G. Davies

Charles J. R. Hedgecock

Nicholas Heaton

Jeremy C. Primes



Abstract

The chiral discrimination displayed between the enolate derived from (RS)-[Fe(η5-C5H5)(CO)(PPh3)COMe] and (1R)-(+)-camphor furnishes a practical route to homochiral (R)-[Fe(η5-C5H5)(CO)(PPh3)COMe] via a kinetic resolution protocol, while a retro-aldol reaction of the diastereoisomerically pure aldol addition product of this kinetic resolution sequence provides a complementary route to the opposite enantiomer (S)-[Fe(η5-C5H5)(CO)(PPh3)COMe].

Citation

Prime, J. C., Hedgecock, C. J., Case-Green, S. C., Costello, J. F., Davies, S. G., Heaton, N., …Primes, J. C. (1993). Kinetic resolution of the chiral iron acetyl [Fe(η5-C5H5)(CO)(PPh3)COMe]. Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications, 21(21), 1621-1622. https://doi.org/10.1039/C39930001621

Journal Article Type Article
Publication Date Dec 1, 1993
Journal Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications
Print ISSN 0022-4936
Publisher Royal Society of Chemistry
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 21
Issue 21
Pages 1621-1622
DOI https://doi.org/10.1039/C39930001621
Keywords kinetic resolution, chiral iron acetyl
Public URL https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/1109509
Publisher URL http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C39930001621


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