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The development of efficient synthetic methods for accessing enantioenriched α‐chiral amines is of great importance in the disciplines of medicinal and synthetic organic chemistry. Enantioselective Rh‐catalyzed 1,2‐addition reactions to activated imine derivatives are regarded as useful protocols for forming α‐chiral amines. This personal account outlines our efforts to develop chiral bicyclo[2.2.1]heptadiene ligands for Rh‐catalyzed asymmetric additions of various organoboron reagents to a wide range of imine derivatives. Transformations of the thus‐obtained adducts into known natural products or molecules of pharmaceutical importance serve to confirm their synthetic usefulness. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A regioselective Pd-catalyzed cross-dehydrogenative coupling between uracils and alkenes is reported. This protocol provides easy access to a variety of 5-alkenyluracil structural motifs. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

An efficient procedure is elaborated for the synthesis of 5-(E)-alkenyl uracils by a regio- and stereoselective cross-dehydrogenative coupling of uracils with alkenes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]