Asymmetric β-boration of α,β-unsaturated carbonyl compounds promoted by chiral rhodium–bisoxazolinylphenyl catalystsThis article is part of a ChemComm ‘Catalysis in Organic Synthesis’ web-theme issue showcasing high quality research in organic chemistry. Please see our website (http://www.rsc.org/chemcomm/organicwebtheme2009) to access the other papers in this issue.Electronic supplementary information (ESI) available: Typical experimental procedures, analytical data, and NMR spectra for products. See DOI: 10.1039/b915759j. See DOI: 10.1039/b915759j

Chiral rhodium–bisoxazolinylphenyl acetate complexes exhibited high catalytic activity for the β-boration of α,β-unsaturated carbonyl compounds with bis(pinacolato)diboron in the presence of sodium t-butoxide with enantioselectivity up to 97%. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]