Cyclopalladation of Schiff's bases in the ruthenocene series. The possibility of application of the asymmetric version of the reaction to metalloceneimines
p-Tolyliminoalkylruthenocenes - Schiff's bases of the ruthenocene series - react with sodium tetrachloropalladate in the presence of carboxylate anion similarly to their ferrocenyl analogs to give cyclopalladation products. The optical rotation values of