2,6-Bis[(4R)-4-phenyl-2-oxazolinyl]pyridine

1. Ligand for Copper catalyzed syn-selective Mukaiyama aldol reaction.
2. Ligand for Tin catalyzed anti-selective aldol reaction.
3. Ligand for Ytterbuim catalyzed desymmetrization of meso epoxides.
4. Ligand for Copper catalyzed enantioselective addition of terminal alkynes to imines.
5. Ligand for Scandium catalyzed enantioselective syn-selective ene reactions.
6. Ligand for Copper catalysed asymmetric alkynylation of cyclic azomethine Imines.
7. Ligand for Europium catalyzed asymmetric alpha amination.

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2,6-Bis[(4R)-4-phenyl-2-oxazolinyl]pyridine [Pybox] may be used as a chiral ligand in the copper-catalyzed enatioselective arylation of N-arylated tetrahydroisoquinolines (THIQs) with arylboronic acids in the presence of a photoredox catalyst.