Easily accessible chiral amino-phosphinite ligands for highly enantioselective palladium-mediated allylic alkylation

Palladium-catalyzed asymmetric allylic alkylation of 1,3-diplienyl-2-propenyl acetate with the dimethyl malonate-BSA-LiOAc system has been successfully carried out in the presence of easily prepared new chiral amino-phosphinite ligands such as 3b and 3c to result in good yields and excellent enantioselectivities of up to 95%, e.e. (C) 2002 Published by Elsevier Science Ltd.