Asymmetric Radical Reaction in the Coordination Sphere. 2. Asymmetric Addition of Alkane- and Arenesulfonyl Chlorides to Olefins Catalyzed by a Ruthenium(II)-Phosphine Complex with Chiral Ligands

Article abstract of DOI:10.1021/jo00391a025

The addition of arenesulfonyl chlorides to styrene in the presence of a catalytic amount of a ruthenium(II) complex with chiral phosphine ligands, Ru2Cl4<(-)-DIOP>3 or Ru2Cl4<(+)-DIOP>3, proceeds under mild conditions to give optically active 1:1 adducts,