(Hydroxyphenyl)oxazoline: a Novel and Remarkably Facile Entry into the Area of Chiral Cationic Alkylzirconium Complexes Which Serve as Polymerization Catalysts

How can the entry into the area of chiral cationic alkyl derivatives of group 4 metals be simplified? We succeeded in, using readily available amino alcohols, which have been converted into chiral (hydroxyphenyl)oxazolines. These compounds have been employed in the organometallic derivatization of early transition metals