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Preparation of ferrocenyl imidazolines using bis(triphenyl)oxodiphosphonium trifluoromethanesulfonate

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An efficient synthesis of ferrocenyl imidazolines starting from ferrocenyl carboxylic acids has been developed. Bis(triphenyl)oxodiphosphonium trifluoromethanesulfonate was used to convert smoothly ferrocenyl carboxylic amides bearing an amine side chain, derived from ferrocenyl carboxylic acids and 1,2-diamines, to their corresponding ferrocenyl imidazolines.

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    XueQiang Wang, JiBao Xia, XiaoYang Dai & ShuLi You

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Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 20872159), National Basic Research Program of China (973 Program) (Grant No. 2009CB825300), the Knowledge Innovation Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and the Science and Technology Commission of Shanghai Municipality (Grant Nos. 07pj14106 & 07JC14063)

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Wang, X., Xia, J., Dai, X. et al. Preparation of ferrocenyl imidazolines using bis(triphenyl)oxodiphosphonium trifluoromethanesulfonate. Sci. China Ser. B-Chem. 52, 1331–1336 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11426-009-0161-5

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