C2-Symmetric Bis-Hydrazones as Ligands in the Asymmetric Suzuki-Miyaura Cross-Coupling

Glyoxal bis-hydrazone derived from (S,S)-1-amino-2,5-diphenytpyrrolidine behaves as an excellent ligand for phosphine-free, asymmetric Suzuki-Miyaura cross couplings, thereby affording a variety of enantiomerically enriched biaryls with different substitution patterns. The high catalytic activity of the [PdCl2(bis-hydrazone)] complex allows reactions to be performed at room temperature, affording products with excellent enantioselectivities in all cases.