Novel chiral bisoxazoline ligands with a bipyridinyl backbone: preparation and interesting complexation behavior

Novel C2-symmetric chiral bisoxazoline ligands with a bipyridinyl backbone were prepared with ease from 3,3′-dicarbomethoxy-2,2′-bipyridine and enantiomerically pure 2-amino alcohols via a corresponding amide as intermediate. Interestingly, when these ligands were coordinated with Pd(II) and Cu(I), different complexation behaviors were found.