title: Chiral bidentate bis(n-heterocyclic carbene)-based palladium complexes bearing carboxylate ligands: highly effective catalysts for the enantioselective conjugate addition of arylboronic acids to cyclic enones.
abstract: Axially chiral cis-chelated bidentate bis(N-heterocyclic carbene)-palladium(II) complexes with two weakly coordinating carboxylate ligands are effective catalysts for the asymmetric conjugate addition of arylboronic acids to cyclic enones, producing the corresponding adducts in moderate-to-high yields and with good-to-high enantioselectivities, in most cases under mild conditions.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory for Advanced Materials and Institute of Fine Chemicals, East China University of Science and Technology, 130 Mei Long Road, Shanghai, 200237, China.
authors.forename: Tao
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Min
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Shi