Silane (Si—H) additions to unsaturated hydrocarbons constitute an important reaction for the formation of the silicon—carbon bond, both from a synthetic1 and industrial viewpoint2. Several catalyst systems have been employed and the literature is replete with reactions catalyzed by peroxideic, chioroplatinic acid and platinized charcoal. Less extensively covered has been the catalysis by organi...

Abstract An asymmetric hydrogenation of enamines is efficiently catalysed by rhodium complexed with a fluorinated version the planar chiral paracyclophane-diphosphine ligand, Phanephos. This catalyst was shown to be very active, examples operating at just 0.1 mol% catalyst. then successfully adapted Direct Asymmetric Reductive Amination, leading formation several tertiary amines moderate ee, if...