Hiroya Takada, Yoshihiro Miyake, Kouichi Ohe and Sakae Uemura
The direct catalytic imidation of various prochiral selenides with TsNIPh in the presence of CuOTf using chiral 4,4′-disubstituted 2,2′-bis(oxazoline) ligand afforded the corresponding chiral selenimides (∼36% ee).