Novel rhodium complexes with ferrocene-based N-heterocyclic carbenes:: Synthesis, structure and catalysis

The synthesis of a chiral N-heterocyclic carbene with an oxazolinyl ferrocenyl substituentis reported. The X-ray crystal structure of a rhodium. complex reveals the chelating properties of the ligand, and catalysis studies demonstrate the capability of the rhodium complexes to catalyze hydrosilylations of ketones. (c) 2005 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.