Ta daa: The title reaction proceeds under essentially neutral reaction conditions at ambient temperature with a taddol-based phosphoramidite ligand L* allowing the creation of indanes with quaternary stereogenic centers in high enantiomeric excess (see scheme; Tf=trifluoromethanesulfonyl, DMAc=dimethylacetamide).
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