Chemistry Letters, Vol.39, No.4, 398-399, 2010
Syntheses of Novel C-2-Symmetric Chiral Bidentate Bis(N-heterocyclic carbene) Ligands and Their Molybdenum Complexes
Novel chiral bis(N-heterocyclic carbene) was prepared starting from (S,S)- and (R,R)-1,2-bis(1-hydroxypropyl)benzene. The chiral bis(N-heterocyclic carbene) (NHC) ligand formed C-2-symmetric chiral complex of molybdenum formulated as cis-[Mo(CO)(4){bis(NHC)}].