The application of air stable preformed [(R)-BINAP]PdBr2, [(S)-BINAP]PdBr2, [(R)-Tol-BINAP]PdBr2, and [(S,S)-CHIRAPHOS]PdBr2 complexes in the one-pot asymmetric reductive amination of various carbonyl compounds, leading to chiral amines in very good yields with high enantioselectivities (<99% ee), is reported.

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Chiral cycloaliphatic amines were obtained from the direct asymmetric reductive amination of cycloaliphatic ketones using a preformed chiral palladium catalyst.