Immobilization of chiral ferrocenyl ligands on silica gel and their testing in Pd-catalyzed allylic substitution and Rh-catalyzed hydrogenation

Abstract

Five different silica gels containing two chiral ferrocenyl ligands were prepared by various synthetic routes and tested in an enantioselective Pd(0)-catalyzed allylic substitution and Rh-catalyzed hydrogenation. All the prepared anchored ligands were characterized by porosimetry data, DRIFTS spectra, thermal data and AAS. The aim of the work was to compare the influence of the carrier, surface properties and immobilization strategy on the performance of the catalyst. © 2005 by MDPI.