The identification and development of a catalyst for the enantioselective nucleophilic addition of a trifluoromethyl anion to a ketone is described. An easily prepared cinchonine-derived catalyst was used in amounts as low as 4 mol% to afford enantiomeric excess as high as 92%.
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Caron et al. (2003) studied this question.