Enantioselective Hydrosilylation with Chiral Frustrated Lewis Pairs

Abstract

Frustrated partners: Based on an initial mechanistic investigation, enantioselective hydrosilylation of various imines was accomplished for the first time by using a novel chiral frustrated Lewis pair (FLP) catalyst. High enantioselectivities of up to 87 % were obtained demonstrating the effectiveness of these metal-free chiral catalysts for this transformation (see scheme). Detailed facts of importance to specialist readers are published as "Supporting Information". Such documents are peer-reviewed, but not copy-edited or typeset. They are made available as submitted by the authors. Please note: The publisher is not responsible for the content or functionality of any supporting information supplied by the authors. Any queries (other than missing content) should be directed to the corresponding author for the article.