A Palladium‐Catalyzed Enantioselective Addition of Arylboronic Acids to Cyclic Ketimines

Sly as Nicox: A palladium-catalyzed addition of arylboronic acids to ketimines has been developed to efficiently provide products in up to 99 % yield and 96 % ee. The reactions could be run under aerobic conditions and with unpurified trifluoroethanol (TFE). A pyrrolidine compound bearing a chiral α-tertiary amine was synthesized in several steps without loss of enantioselectivity. TFA=trifluoroacetate. As a service to our authors and readers, this journal provides supporting information supplied by the authors. Such materials are peer reviewed and may be re-organized for online delivery, but are not copy-edited or typeset. Technical support issues arising from supporting information (other than missing files) should be addressed to the authors. 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.