A new type of tridentate chiral spiro aminophosphine−oxazoline ligands (SpiroOAP) have been synthesized through four steps. The SpiroOAP ligands are highly efficient for the asymmetric hydrogenation of α‐keto amides, providing a variety of synthetically useful α‐hydroxy amides with excellent enantioselectivity (up to 98% ee) and turnover numbers (up to 10,000).magnified image
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