Phenol-Directed Enantioselective Allylation of Aldimines and Ketimines

[Structure: see text] Phenols are effective directing and activating groups for our allylchlorosilane reagents, allowing the highly enantioselective allylation of a range of 2-aminophenol-derived aldimines. When the phenol is incorporated into the substrate ketimines may be allylated highly enantioselectively, leading to the experimentally simple synthesis of a range of tertiary carbinamine structures.