n of alkenes with anilines has been developed for the atom-economical synthesis of 2-substituted propanamides bearing an α-stereocenter. A novel phosphoramidite ligand L16 was discovered which exhibited very high reactivity and selectivity in the reaction. This asymmetric Markovnikov hydroaminocarbonylation employs readily available starting materials and tolerates a wide range of functional groups
Highly active: Iridium complexes with chiral spiro aminophosphine ligands were synthesized and applied as catalysts for the asymmetrichydrogenation of α‐substituted acrylicacids (see scheme). The complexes were highly active catalysts, showing turnover frequencies of up to 6000 h−1, and catalyst loadings could be reduced to 0.01 mol %.