4-substituted-phenyl(bisoxazoline)-rhodium complexes: Efficiency in the catalytic asymmetric reductive aldol reaction

Article abstract of DOI:10.1002/ejoc.200600722

Electronic effects of the substituents on the phenyl ring of the phenyl(bisoxazoline) ligand skeleton of rhodium catalysts was examined in the asymmetric reductive aldol reactions of acrylates and aldehydes. The electron-withdrawing NO₂ group o