title: The asymmetric reduction of imidazolinones with trichlorosilane.
abstract: It is shown how imidazolinones are reduced by trichlorosilane in a highly enantioselective fashion when treated with a novel Lewis base organocatalyst that is based on a 2,2'-bispyrrolidine core. Under mild reaction conditions and with low catalyst loading the hydrosilylation reaction provides a broad range of chiral imidazolidinones with various structural motifs including sterically demanding substituents, alkyls and aryls.
authors.affiliation: Organic Chemistry, Bergische Universität Wuppertal, Gaußstr. 20, 42119 Wuppertal, Germany. sfkirsch@uni-wuppertal.de.
authors.forename: Christian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Wagner
authors.forename: Andreas F
authors.initials: AF
authors.lastname: Kotthaus
authors.forename: Stefan F
authors.initials: SF
authors.lastname: Kirsch