Laurent Pierre, Miyaji Hidekazu, Collinson Simon R, Prokes Ivan, Moody Christopher J, Tucker James H R, Slawin Alexandra M Z
School of Chemistry, University of Exeter, Stocker Road, Exeter EX4 4QD, U.K.
Org Lett. 2002 Nov 14;4(23):4037-40. doi: 10.1021/ol020162v.
A new strategy for the asymmetric synthesis of chiral primary alpha-ferrocenylalkylamines has been utilized to generate homochiral redox-active receptors that bind chiral carboxylate anions with moderate enantioselectivity and undergo a redox response to complexation. [structure: see text]