Palladium-Catalyzed Enantioselective Hydrohydrazonation of 1,3-Dienes.

We presented a method for synthesizing allylic chiral hydrazones from 1,4-disubstituted 1,3-dienes and hydrazones through a ( R )-DTBM-Segphos-Pd(0)-catalyzed hydrohydrazonation reaction. This transformation has a wide range of substrates and good functional group tolerance. The desired products were obtained in medium to high yield and good regio- and enantioselectivity. Synthetic transformation of the products into various nitrogen-containing chiral compounds was demonstrated.