Enantioselective conjugate hydrosilylation of α,β-unsaturated ketones.

Enantioselective conjugate hydrosilylation of β,β-disubstituted α,β-unsaturated ketones was realized. In the presence of a chiral picolinamide-sulfonate Lewis base catalyst, the reactions provided various chiral ketones bearing a chiral center at the β-position in up to quantitative yields with moderate enantioselectivities.