1 UPMC Univ Paris 06, UMR CNRS 7611, Laboratoire de Chimie Organique, Institut de Chimie Moléculaire (FR 2769), Case 181, 4 place Jussieu, F-75252, Paris Cedex 05, France.
The synthesis of (eta5-cyclohexadienyl)Mn(CO)3-based planar chiral ligands is realized by an efficient lithiation/electrophilic quench procedure, and the coordinating properties of one of them are highlighted together with its optical resolution.