Nitrogen-containing rings containing chiral carbon centers are a staple of bioactive molecules and natural products of interest, and synthetic methodologies for their development are a continual focus of organic chemists. Here, the authors disclose a protocol for the synthesis of enantioenriched saturated azacycles, via intramolecular hydroamination of alkenes, using a chiral cyclic urea ligand with manganese.
- Bin Cui
- Yuting Zheng
- Cafer T. Yavuz