Optically Active Cyclopentadienyl Ligands from the Chiral Pool, Part 1.
The Synthetic Utility of a Camphor-Derived Pentafulvene
Valeri Quindt, Mark Wallasch, Gotthelf Wolmershäuser, and Helmut Sitzmann*
Fachbereich Chemie der Universität Kaiserslautern, Erwin-Schrödinger-Str., D-67663 Kaiserslautern
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Z. Naturforsch.57 b, 338Ð342 (2002); received November 8, 2001 Camphor, Ferrocene, Chiral Ligands
Starting from (1R)-(+)-camphor, the reaction with cyclopentadienylmagnesium chloride gave the corresponding tertiary alcohol 1, which was transformed into the optically active pentafulvene 5-(1,7,7-trimethylbicyclo[2.2.1]heptan-2-ylidene)cyclopentadiene (2) by acid- catalyzed water elimination. Deprotonation withtert-butyllithium yielded the corresponding lithium 5-{(1R)-1,7,7-trimethylbicyclo[2.2.1]hept-2-en-2-yl}cyclopentadienide (3), which was converted into the non-racemic 1,1⬘-bis{(1R)-1,7,7-trimethylbicyclo[2.2.1]hept-2-en-2- yl}ferrocene (4).4forms orthorhombic crystals of the space groupP212121witha= 7.7163(4), b= 10.7381(6), andc= 28.804(2) A˚ , which have been subjected to X-ray diffraction.