Synthesis and structure of air-stable Lewis acidic binuclear complex of zirconocene pentafluorophenylsulfonate and its catalytic application in the allylation of carbonyl compounds with tetraallyltin

Chem Commun (Camb). 2009 Apr 7:(13):1679-81. doi: 10.1039/b821366f. Epub 2009 Feb 12.

Abstract

Air-stable Lewis acidic micro2-hydroxy bridged binuclear complex of zirconocene pentafluorophenylsulfonate was successfully synthesized and found to show high catalytic efficiency in chemoselective allylation of carbonyl compounds with tetraallyltin in aqueous methanol media.