Technical Notes:

1.Ligands used for the ruthenium-catalyzed hydrogenation of simple and cyclic ketones with high activity and enantioselectivity.

2.Ligands used for palladium-catalyzed asymmetric allylic alkylations.

References:

1.J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2003, 125, 4404.

2.J. Org. Chem., 2005, 70, 2967.

3.Adv. Synth. Catal., 2004, 346, 625.