Me‐bipam for Enantioselective Ruthenium(II)‐Catalyzed Arylation of Aldehydes with Arylboronic Acids

Yasunori Yamamoto, Kazunori Kurihara, Norio Miyaura

Angewandte Chemie International Edition · 2009 · 138 citations · 47 references

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Abstract

Ligand design by-pam: A ruthenium-catalyzed asymmetric arylation of aldehydes with arylboronic acids has been developed, giving chiral diarylmethanols in good yields. The use of a chiral bidentate phosphoramidite ligand ((R,R)-Me-bipam) led to excellent enantioselectivities.

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