Chemical Communications 2008-08-14

Convenient method for the rapid generation of highly active and enantioselective yttrium catalysts for asymmetric hydroamination.

Jérôme Hannedouche, Isabelle Aillaud, Jacqueline Collin, Emmanuelle Schulz, Alexander Trifonov

Index: Chem. Commun. (Camb.) (30) , 3552-4, (2008)

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Abstract

A facile method for the preparation of highly active and enantioselective yttrium precatalysts for asymmetric hydroamination of gem-disubstituted aminoalkenes, from the combination of YCl(3) or YCl(3)(THF)(3.5) with ligand (R)- and n-BuLi is described.