The DABCO-catalyzed coupling reaction of methyl acrylate and acrylonitrile with enantiomerically pure planar chiral o-substituted (benzaldehyde tosylimine) Cr(CO)3 complexes after metal removal provides chiral amines in high yields and enantiomeric excess.
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Kündig et al. (1994) studied this question.