A new flavor of chiral induction in the [2+2+2] cycloaddition yielding pyridines: Atropoisomers were prepared in the reaction of alkynes and nitriles in the presence of 1 mol % chiral CoI catalysts such as 1 with high yields and up to 93 % ee.
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