The Coordination and Catalytic Chemistry of Phosphinoferrocene Ligands—A Concise Introduction and Update

Abstract

This chapter attempts to briefly summarise the research carried out on the design, synthesis and practical, mostly catalytic, applications of phosphinoferrocene donors. Presented are selected basic concepts that illustrate milestones and major routes in the development of ferrocene‐based phosphines since the discovery of ferrocene, as well as recent trends demonstrating the vast applications of these compounds as ligands in coordination chemistry and, mainly, in numerous conventional and asymmetric transition‐metal‐mediated organic transformations.

Forever young: the first seventy years of ferrocene

“…The elaborate synthetic methodology and facile preparation of stable chiral derivatives make ferrocene particularly attractive as a scaffold for ligand design, which is indeed reflected in the vast number of ferrocene-based ligands, mostly phosphines, and their numerous applications in coordination chemistry, transition-metal catalysis and organocatalysis. 1,61…”