With 1,1'-diacetylruthenocene (
9) as starting material,the preparation of 1,1'-bis[1-(1-{(
R)-1-[(
S)-2-(diphenylphosphino)ferrocenyl]ethyl})-1
H-pyrazol-3-yl]ruthenocene((
R,
R)-(
S,
S)-
12) is attained in three steps.
12coordinates to two independent Pd(II)-
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-allyl unitstoform the dicationic complex
15, isolated as abis(hexafluorophosphate) salt. This has beencharacterized by X-ray and 2D NMR methods in solution, along with theanalogous deri
vati
ve
14, which contains1-{(
R)-1-[(
S)-2-(diphenylphosphino)ferrocenyl]ethyl}-3-ruthenocenyl-1
H-pyrazole ((
R)-(
S)-
8b). The threePd(II)-allyl fragments in these two complexes show
verysimilar conformational features. In the Pd-catalyzed substitutionreaction of ethyl (1,3-diphenylallyl)carbonate (
1) with benzylamine, thebimetallic catalyst containing ligand
12and the mononuclear catalyst formed by
8b afford the samehigh enantioselecti
vity (99.3%).