Ep. Kundig et al., PLANAR CHIRAL ARYLALDEHYDEIMINE TRICARBONYLCHROMIUM COMPLEXES IN THE ASYMMETRIC BAYLIS-HILLMAN COUPLING REACTION, Synlett, (6), 1994, pp. 413-414
The DABCO-catalyzed coupling reaction of methyl acrylate and acrylonit
rile with enantiomerically pure planar chiral o-substituted (benzaldeh
yde tosylimine) Cr(CO)3 complexes after metal removal provides chiral
amines in high yields and enantiomeric excess.