“…Among them, catalyst (d, S, S)-Bd exhibited the best catalytic activity and chiral induction ability (entry 8). Solvent screening revealed that THF remains to be the solvent of choice, and other solvents such as chloroform, dichloromethane, toluene, and 1,4-dioxane diminish the yield and/or enantioselectivity (entries [11][12][13][14]. The catalyst loading can be reduced to as low as 1 mol % without a significant decrease in the product yield and enantioselectivity, although a prolonged time was required (entries 15 and 16).…”