Planar chiral arene chromium(0) complexes: potential ligands for asymmetric catalysis

Abstract

Planar chiral (η⁶-arene) tricarbonyl chromium(0) complexes are well-studied compounds in synthetic organic chemistry. However, the number of investigations concerned with their application in asymmetric catalysis is rather low. This review aims to summarise the main approaches toward the stereoselective synthesis of planar chiral derivatives of (η⁶-benzene) tricarbonyl chromium(0) and to present recent applications of such complexes as ligands in enantioselective catalytic processes.