Utilisation of homogeneous and supported chiral metal(salen) complexes in asymmetric catalysis

The first salen ligand and Cu complex were discovered in 1889, and gradually the potential catalytic activity of subsequent salen species has been recognised, particularly in the case of achiral salen complexes in oxidation reactions. The development of chiral salen metal complexes and catalysts in the last decade has however stimulated a very rapid growth in the chemistry and application of these species. The variety of asymmetric reactions in which particular chiral metal salen complexes are proving useful grows steadily, and there is no evidence of this growth slowing. This review summarises the key work and references on soluble chiral metal salen complex catalysts categorised according to the metal centre. It also describes the work to date on producing supported heterogeneous chiral analogues of some of these.

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