Palladium-catalyzed enantioselective allylation chemistry has played a critical role in the evolution of asymmetric catalysis as a field. 1 Developments in the area of asymmetric C−C bond formation by these methods over the past two decades by Trost, Helmchen, Pfaltz, and others have been focused primarily on the direct allylation of malonates by prochiral electrophiles. 1 In general, reactions involving prochiral nucleophiles are rare; however, examples using ...
