CBS reduction of the (chloroacyl)ferrocenes
3 provides the chloro alcohols
5 with
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98% ee,whichupon treatment with cyclopentadienides yield the chiral
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- or
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-hydroxy cyclopentadienes
6 and
7.The hydroxylfunction of
6 and
7 can be substituted with fullretentionof configuration by a range of N- or S-nucleophiles,giving efficient access to the optically active linkedamino-cyclopentadienyl ligands
11-
13.These werecomplexed to an iron center, yielding a ferrocenyl diamine with a large bite angle between the nitrogen donoratoms. Furthermore the first chelating complexationreaction to titanium is presented.