Designing new ligands: asymmetric cyclopropanation by Cu(i) complexes based on functionalised pyridine-containing macrocyclic ligands

Alessandro Caselli; Francesca Cesana; Emma Gallo; Nicola Casati; Piero Macchi; Massimo Sisti; Giuseppe Celentano; Sergio Cenini

doi:10.1039/b809317m

Designing new ligands: asymmetric cyclopropanation by Cu(i) complexes based on functionalised pyridine-containing macrocyclic ligands

Dalton Trans. 2008 Aug 28:(32):4202-5. doi: 10.1039/b809317m. Epub 2008 Jun 17.

Authors

Alessandro Caselli¹, Francesca Cesana, Emma Gallo, Nicola Casati, Piero Macchi, Massimo Sisti, Giuseppe Celentano, Sergio Cenini

Affiliation

¹ Dip. Chimica Inorganica Metallorganica e Analitica L. Malatesta, Università di Milano, and ISTM-CNR, Via Venezian 21, 20133, Italy. alessandro.caselli@unimi.it

PMID: 18682857
DOI: 10.1039/b809317m

Abstract

The synthesis and characterisation of copper(i) complexes, including two crystal structures of the new chiral pyridine-containing macrocyclic ligands (PC-type), and their use as catalysts in asymmetric cyclopropanation reactions are reported.