%A J Terauchi %A DP Curran %J Tetrahedron Asymmetry %T N-Allylation of anilides with chiral palladium catalysts: The first catalytic asymmetric synthesis of axially chiral anilides %X The first catalytic asymmetric synthesis of axially chiral anilides has been carried out under palladium-catalyzed allylation reaction conditions with chiral phosphine ligands. Allylation of anilides bearing an ortho tert-butyl group with a palladium catalyst and (S)-BINAP as a chiral ligand gave axially chiral anilides in about 50% ee. ? 2003 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved. %N 5 %P 587 - 592 %V 14 %D 2003 %R 10.1016/S0957-4166(03)00041-7 %L pittir20465