Enantioselective Synthesis of Planar Chiral Ferrocenes via Pd(0)-Catalyzed Intramolecular Direct C–H Bond Arylation.

A highly efficient synthesis of planar chiral ferrocenes by enantioselective Pd(0)-catalyzed direct C–H arylation from readily available starting materials under mild reaction conditions was developed (up to 99% yield, 99% ee). The products can be easily transformed to the highly efficient planar ferrocene ligands, which have demonstrated high efficiency in Pd-catalyzed asymmetric allylic alkylation and amination reactions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]