Simple chiral chain dienes as ligands for Rh(I)-catalyzed conjugated additions

Article abstract of DOI:10.1021/ol901949n

This paper describes that a simple and readily available chain diene (3R,4R)-hexa-1,5-diene-3,4-dlol (L1) was successfully utilized as a novel steering ligand for Rh(I)-catalyzed asymmetric conjugated additions. Encouraging yields and ee's have been achieved, which may provide a new and practical direction for designing chiral diene ligands In the future.