The discovery of how an iron molecule is sandwiched between two rings caused much excitement in the world of chemistry and the new era of Organometallic chemistry began. Ferrocene is a surprisingly stable molecule with unique properties.
This book provides a good overview of the synthesis and characterization of different types of chiral ferrocene ligands, applications of these chiral ligands in various catalytic asymmetric reactions, and the versatile chiral materials and drug intermediates synthesized thereof. Synthesis and experimental procedures are included at the end of most chapters and a comprehensive appendix provides a show case of the most effective chiral ferrocene ligands in various catalytic reactions.
This book should act as a tool book guiding on the design of new ferrocene ligands and synthesis of chiral synthetic intermediates and will be useful for synthetic chemists, academic or non-academic of industrial research or process development.