4. Sulfides Tethered to Oxazolines - Ligands for Enantioselective Catalysis
 
Tetrahedron Letters 1993, 34, 7793-7796
Dawson, G. J.; Frost, C. G.; Martin, C. J.; Williams, J. M. J.
Sulfides tethered to oxazolines function as effective ligands for palladium catalysed allylic substitution, affording good to excellent levels of enantioselectivity (56 to >96% ee). Both the tether length between the nitrogen and sulfur atoms and also the nature of the sulfide have been shown to affect the performance of these ligands