摘要 : Herein, we report the use of phosphinoazomethinylate salts as chiral efficient ligands for the copper-catalyzed asymmetric conjugate addition (ACA) of dialkylzinc to various enones. These tridentate P,N,O ligands are straightforwa... 展开 Herein, we report the use of phosphinoazomethinylate salts as chiral efficient ligands for the copper-catalyzed asymmetric conjugate addition (ACA) of dialkylzinc to various enones. These tridentate P,N,O ligands are straightforwardly obtained in a one-step procedure from commercially available enantiopure alpha-aminoacids. Performing the conjugate addition in the greener AcOEt solvent, high enantioselectivities were reached for both cyclic and acyclic enones ranging between 72% to 98% ee and 96% to >99%, respectively. The 2/1 Cu/ligand ratio required to obtain high enantioselectivities, led us to envisage a copper-copper bi-metallic catalytic system for this transformation. (C) 2008 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. 收起