Nickel-catalyzed asymmetric α-arylation of ketone enolates

Abstract
An atropisomeric dipyridyldiphosphine, P-Phos, can effect highly enantioselective Ni-catalyzed α-arylation of ketone enolates with aryl halides to install an all-carbon quaternary stereogenic center in up to 98% ee and excellent yields.
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