Highly selective induction of metal-centered chirality in the ligand exchange reaction of planar-chiral cyclopentadienyl–ruthenium complex bearing an anchor phosphine ligandElectronic supplementary information (ESI) available: crystal data and ORTEP diagrams for complexes 1a, 2d-1, 2f-1, 2h-1, 2m-1, 2n-1 and 2o-1. See http://www.rsc.org/suppdata/cc/b0/b009412i/

Abstract

Treatment of planar-chiral cyclopentadienyl–phosphine ruthenium complexes with phosphine and phosphite induces metal-centered chirality with a high stereoselectivity (≳99 % de).