Synthesis of a Chiral Bidentate sp^²-N Ligand

Significance

In this paper the authors describe the preparation of a new family of chiral bidentate sp^²-N ligands and demonstrated its utility in a Ru-catalyzed enantioselective dehydrative C-, N-, and O-allylation. Notable is the synthesis of highly enantioslective five- and six-membered cyclo­alkanes and N- and O-heterocycles - potential key intermediates for biologically active natural products.