T. Johnson, M. Lautens
Aug 16, 2013
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Organic letters
Abstract
Trifluoromethylacetaldimines, generated in situ from the corresponding N,O-acetals, undergo 1,2-addition of arylboroxines under palladium(II) catalysis to generate a variety of α-(trifluoromethyl)arylmethylamines with good to high enantioselectivity (up to 97% ee). The pyridine-oxazolidine (PyOX) class of ligands was found to be particularly suitable for this transformation, which proceeds without exclusion of ambient air and moisture.