Rhodium-Catalyzed Enantioselective Addition of Tricyclopropylboroxin to N-Sulfonylimines

Abstract

A hydroxorhodium complex coordinated with a chiral diene ligand efficiently catalyzed the asymmetric addition of tricyclopropylboroxin to N-sulfonylimines in high yields and high enantioselectivities.

Key words

asymmetric catalysis - addition reactions - rhodium - imines - cyclopropylation - ligands

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