Vicinal-diamine-based chiral chain dienes as ligands for rhodium(I)-catalyzed highly enantioselective conjugated additions

Org Lett. 2010 Dec 3;12(23):5482-5. doi: 10.1021/ol1023536. Epub 2010 Nov 1.

Abstract

A variety of readily accessible vicinal-diamine-based chiral chain dienes were successfully synthesized and utilized as steering ligands for rhodium-catalyzed conjugated additions of organoboronic acids to α,β-unsaturated carbonyl compounds to afford the desired adducts in good to excellent yields and ee's.