Technical Notes:

1. Efficient catalyst for the e nantioselective hydrosilyation of 1 -alkenes to optically active 2-alcohols.

2.Ligand for palladium-catalyzed asymmetric reduction of allylic esters ,

3: L igand for the rhodium catalyzed asymmetric arylation of imines with organostannanes .

4. L igand for the rhodium-catalyzed asymmetric addition of aryl- and alkenylboronic acids to Isatins.

5. Ligand for desymmetrization of malonamides via an enantioselective intramolecular Buchwald-Hartwig reaction.

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