Technical Notes:

1. Supporting ligand in a chiral diamine ruthenium system for the enantiosele ctive hyd rogenation of ketones.

2. Useful ligand for palladium-catalyzed amination and Kumada cross coupling reactions

3.Useful ligand for palladium-catalyzed synthesis of butatrenes.

4.Useful ligand for iridium-catalyzed c-c cross-coupling of allenes with primary alcohols via transfer hydrogenation

5.Useful ligand for iridium-catalyzed C-C cross-coupling of dienes with primary alcohols via transfer hyd rogenation.

6.Useful ligand for iridium- catalyzed C-C cross coupling of allylic gem dicarboxylates with aldehydes via transfer hydrogenation. Useful ligand for the palladium catalyzed synthesis of chiral allenylsilanes.

7.Ruthenium- catalyzed synthesis of indoles

8.Ruthenium-catalyzed oxidative cyclization .

9Rhodium catalyzed boron arylation.