Twelve optically active metallocene complexes of Ca, Sm(II), and Yb(II) containing cyclopentadienyl systems with a chiral N-or O-substituted side chain as ligands are described. Specifically, the ligand systems (S)-( 2systems were employed. The starting materials for their synthesis are ethyl (S)-(-)-lactate, (R)-(-)-2-methoxy-2-phenylethanol, (S)-(+)-2-amino-1-propanol, and (R)-(-)-2-phenylglycinol, respectively. Each of the cyclopentadienyl systems was converted by a 2:1 reaction of the potassium salt with the metal diiodide into the corresponding metallocene, [M{(S)-η 5 :η Sm (2b), Yb (2c)), and [M{(S)-η 5 :η 1 -C 5 H 4 (CH(Ph)CH 2 NMe 2 )} 2 ] (M ) Ca (4a), Sm (4b), Yb (4c)). The novel compounds have been characterized by C, H, N analysis, mass spectrometry, NMR spectroscopy, and optical rotation. Additionally, an X-ray structural analysis of 2c, 3a, and 4a was performed.
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