Rather than create a chiral catalyst by combining a chiral ligand with a metal, here an achiral phosphine ligand endowed with a cationic ammonium group is ion-paired with a chiral binaphtholate. A palladium catalyst based on this strategy is shown to be effective for highly enantioselective allylic alkylation of α-nitrocarboxylates.
- Kohsuke Ohmatsu
- Mitsunori Ito
- Takashi Ooi
