ATTECs and several other emerging degrader technologies hijacking the lysosomal pathways greatly expand the spectrum of degradable targets and provide new opportunities for targeted drug discovery.

Enantioselective α-aminomethylation of carbonyl compounds constitutes a powerful protocol for introducing aminomethyl groups to simple organic molecules. However, current strategies rely on nucleophile-based enantioselective activation with inherently activated substrates only, and enantioselective protocol based on the activation of in situ-generated unstable formaldimines remains elusive, probably owing to their unstable nature and the lack of steric environment for efficient stereocontrols. Here, based on a rhodium/chiral phosphoric acid cooperative catalysis, we achieved an enantioselective three-component reaction of α-diazo ketones with alcohols and 1,3,5-triazines. A dual hydrogen bonding between the chiral phosphoric acid catalyst and two distinct active intermediates was proposed to be crucial for the efficient electrophile-based enantiocontrol. A series of chiral β-amino-α-hydroxy ketones including those derived from simple aliphatic alcohols, allylic alcohol, propargyl alcohol, complicated natural alcohols and water could all be prepared in high efficiency and enantioselectivity.

Herein, we report a highly diastereo- and enantioselective allylic alkylation of oxazolones with 1,3-dienes by palladium-hydride catalyst under base-free conditions. With DTBM-SEGPHOS as the chiral ligand, a series of enantioenriched oxazolones bearing tertiary carbon centers were synthesized from substituted 1,3-dienes via exclusive 1,2-addition with moderate to good diastereoselectivities and high enantioselectivities. When simple 1,3-butadiene was used as the allyl precursor under this base-free catalytic system, 1,4-addition products were obtained in good yields with high regioselectivities.