“…Other commercially available reagents were used without further purification, unless otherwise indicated. Imines 2 ,9 5 ,15 8 ,9 9a ,16 9b ,17 9c ,18 9d ,19 9e ,20 9f , 10 ,21 and 11 ,22 were generated by condensation of p ‐anisidine with the corresponding aldehyde. Ligands 1b – f ,8 7a ,12 7c 12 and 7b 13 were synthesized as described in the literature.…”