Institution: | a Laboratoire de Catalyse Moléculaire, UPRESA 8075, ICMO, Université Paris-Sud, 91405, Orsay, France b Departamento de Quimica, ITN, Estrada Nacional, 2686-953, Sacavem Cedex, Portugal |
Abstract: | (R)-1,1′bi-2,2′-Naphthoxy]LnI(THF)2 (Ln: Yb, Sm, La) 5 have been prepared by reaction of the bispotassium salt of (R)-binaphthol with lanthanide triiodides, and characterized. They are active catalysts for Diels–Alder reactions although with low asymmetric inductions. The lanthanum iodo bisbinaphthoxide gives a slightly higher enantiomeric excess than the two other complexes. |