Yuki Naganawa, Hiroki Abe and Hisao Nishiyama
Chem. Commun., 2018,54, 2674-2677
DOI:
10.1039/C8CC00754C,
Communication
Conceptually new bifunctional chiral ligands were developed. The axially chiral N,N-bidentate phenanthroline ligand (S)-1 was found to be effective for Pd-catalyzed asymmetric allylic substitution of allyl acetate and dialkyl malonate. The intramolecular Lewis basic group from the hydroxybinaphthyl structure of (S)-1 played a pivotal role in the high reactivity and enantioselectivity.
