Catalytic Asymmetric Boration of Acyclic α,β‐Unsaturated Esters and Nitriles

Asymmetric β-boration of acyclic α, β-unsaturated carbonyl compounds provides ready access to enantioenriched functionalized organoboron compounds. A range of acyclic unsaturated esters and nitriles reacted with high enantioselectivity and good yields at room temperature using a copper catalyst and planar chiral diphosphine ligands (L). Supporting information for this article is available on the WWW under http: //www. wiley-vch. de/contents/jc₂002/2008/z703699ₛ. pdf or from the author. Please note: The publisher is not responsible for the content or functionality of any supporting information supplied by the authors. Any queries (other than missing content) should be directed to the corresponding author for the article.