Division of Chemical Process Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060‐8628 (Japan), Fax: (+81)?11‐706‐6561, http://om‐mc.eng.hokudai.ac.jp, http://om‐mc.eng.hokudai.ac.jp
Abstract:
Ligand design by‐pam : A ruthenium‐catalyzed asymmetric arylation of aldehydes with arylboronic acids has been developed, giving chiral diarylmethanols in good yields. The use of a chiral bidentate phosphoramidite ligand ((R,R)‐Me‐bipam) led to excellent enantioselectivities.