Asymmetric Iron‐Catalyzed C−H Alkylation Enabled by Remote Ligand <i>meta</i>‐Substitution

Abstract

Abstract Highly enantioselective iron‐catalyzed C−H alkylations by inner‐sphere C−H activation were accomplished with ample scope. High levels of enantiocontrol proved viable through a novel ligand design that exploits a remote meta‐substitution on N‐heterocyclic carbenes within a facile ligand‐to‐ligand H‐transfer C−H cleavage.