On Chirality in Substituted Metallocenes Bearing Identical Substituents

Ivan P. de Arruda Campos
Instituto de Ciências Exatas e Tecnologia, Universidade Paulista, Santana de Parnaíba, SP 06500-000, Brazil
Daisy de Brito Rezende
Instituto de Química, Universidade de São Paulo, Cx. Postal 26077, CEP 05513-970 São Paulo, Brazil
J. Chem. Educ., 2001, 78 (8), p 1130
DOI: 10.1021/ed078p1130
Publication Date (Web): August 1, 2001

Abstract

The nonexistence of chiral substituted dicyclopentadienylmetals bearing identical substituents is pointed out and the conditions that other substituted metallocenes bearing identical substituents need to fulfill to be chiral are discussed.

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Second-Year Undergraduate

Keywords (Domain):

Organic Chemistry

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Keywords (Subject):

Chirality / Optical Activity

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  • Received: August 03, 2009

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