Development of palladium catalysts for asymmetric hydroamination reactions*
King Kuok (Mimi) Hii
Department of Chemistry, Imperial College London, Exhibition Road, South Kensington, London SW7 2AZ, UK
Abstract: Our development of dicationic palladium(II) complexes for asymmetric hydroamination reactions, particularly the aza-Michael addition, is reviewed.
Keywords: asymmetric catalysis; hydroamination; palladium; amines; alkenes.
*Pure Appl. Chem. 78, 197-523. An issue of reviews and research papers based on lectures presented at the 13th IUPAC International Symposium on Organometallic Chemistry Directed Towards Organic Synthesis (OMCOS-13), Geneva, Switzerland, 17-21 July 2005.