title: Metal-Brønsted acid cooperative catalysis for asymmetric reductive amination.
abstract: Direct reductive amination of a wide range of ketones has been accomplished by the cooperative catalysis of an Ir(III)-diamine complex and a chiral phosphoric acid or its conjugate base.
authors.affiliation: Liverpool Centre for Materials and Catalysis, Department of Chemistry, University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 7ZD, UK.
authors.forename: Chaoqun
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Barbara
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Villa-Marcos
authors.forename: Jianliang
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Xiao
mesh_terms: D000586:Amination; D000588:Amines / Q000138:chemical synthesis*; D000814:Aniline Compounds / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry; D002384:Catalysis; D007495:Iridium / Q000737:chemistry; D007659:Ketones / Q000737:chemistry*; D009942:Organometallic Compounds / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D000588:Amines; D000814:Aniline Compounds; D007659:Ketones; D009942:Organometallic Compounds; D007495:Iridium