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The relay of chiral information from the α-carbon atom of the amino acid ligand is believed to be crucial for chiral induction in the PdII-catalyzed enantioselective CH activation/CC coupling reaction of diphenyl (2-pyridyl) methane with boronic acids (see scheme; BQ=benzoquinone). Supporting information for this article is available on the WWW under http: //www. wiley-vch. de/contents/jc₂002/2008/z801030ₛ. 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.
Shi et al. (2008) studied this question.