New chiral bis(oxazolinyl)bipyridine ligands and application in the iron catalyzed asymmetric hydrosilylation of ketones

Jalba, A., Levitre, G., Keipour, H., Lauzon, S., Ollevier, T. (2015). New chiral bis(oxazolinyl)bipyridine ligands and application in the iron catalyzed asymmetric hydrosilylation of ketones. French-Ukrainian Journal of Chemistry, 3(2), 44–53. https://doi.org/10.17721/fujcV3I2P44-53

C2 symmetrical 6,6′-bis(oxazolinyl)-2,2′-bipyridine (bipybox) chiral ligands have been synthesized from readily available 2,2′-bipyridine. Catalytic asymmetric hydrosilylation of ketones was studied using this family of ligands in the presence of iron(II) acetate.