Abstract

The authors personal account summarizes results of the study of optically active cyclopalladated compounds (CPCs) during the last 25 years. The review describes a vast collection of structurally and stereochemically different types of CPCs, new routes to them, analysis of chirality transfer and some examples of their application.

Keywords: Palladacycles, chirality, asymmetric cyclopalladation, chirality transfer, enantiomeric purity, cyclopalladated compounds (CPCs), endo-palladacycles, Axial Chirality, Planar Chirality, Racemic Palladacycles, Enantioselective Cyclopalladation, Prochiral Ligands, Enantiomer Separation, phosphapalladacycles