文摘
A combination of spectroscopic and electrochemical methods鈥擷ANES, EXAFS, X-ray, 1H NMR, EPR, M枚ssbauer, and cyclic voltammetry鈥攄emonstrate that the most efficient Pd catalysts for the asymmetric rearrangement of allylic trifluoroacetimidates unexpectedly possess in the activated oxidized form a PdIII center bound to a ferrocene core which remains unchanged (FeII) during the oxidative activation. These are the first recognized PdIII complexes acting as enantioselective catalysts.