Enantioselective Nickel‐Catalyzed C(sp³)−H Activation of Formamides

Abstract

Enantioselective Ni-catalyzed C(sp³ )-H bond activation remains an elusive challenge. Herein, we used phosphine oxide-ligated Ni-Al bimetallic catalyst to realize enantioselective Ni-catalyzed aliphatic C(sp³ )-H activation of formamides, providing a series of chiral N-containing heterocycles in 40-95 % yield and 70-95 % ee.