Enantioselective substitution reactions of racemic alkyl halides are inherently limited by the specificity of their stereochemical course (SN1 or SN2). Here, the authors report a radical coupling strategy for the enantioselective aminoalkylation of α-bromoketones for modular, highly enantioselective Csp3−Csp3 bond formation.
- Jiangtao Li
- Manman Kong
- Zhiyong Jiang