New ferrocenyloxazolines with two stereogeniccenters were prepared with excellent yields starting fromthe (1
S,2
S)-(+)-2-amino-3-phenyl-1,3-propanediol. Theycan then be used for the preparation of ferrocenes withplanar chirality with very high diastereoselectivities(>99:1%) by a lithiation/electrophile-trapping sequence.The syntheses of chiral (phosphinoferrocenyl)oxazolineand (phenylthioferrocenyl)oxazoline and their use asligands in conjunction with bis[(
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-allyl)palladium chloride] in the enantioselective allylic alkylation of
rac-1,3-diphenylprop-2-enyl acetate was investigated.