quaternary stereocenter with high enantioselectivity and diastereoselectivity. Mechanistic studies and DFT calculations suggested that the rarely observed diastereoselectivity reversal is ascribed to the charge-charge interaction between the palladium and aromatic ring of the substrate, which could not only result in the reversal of the diastereoselectivity, but also improve the reactivity.
The developments of hydrogensources stand at the forefront of asymmetric reduction. In contrast to the well-studied alcohols as hydrogensources via β-hydride elimination, the direct utilization of the proton of alcohols as a hydrogensource for activator-mediated asymmetric reduction is rarely explored. Herein we report the proton of alcohols as a hydrogensource in diboron-mediated palladium-catalyzed