| abstract |
The present invention relates to a method for reacting compounds, comprising at least one carbon-carbon or carbon-heteroatom double bond, by 1,2-addition in the presence of a catalyst, comprising at least one transition metal complex having at least two ligands, which each have a pnicogen atom-containing group and at least one functional group enable to form intermolecular, non-covalent bonds, in the presence of a halogenated solvent, which has at least one heteroatom different from halogen. The present invention further relates to a method for producing chiral compounds in the presence of the above-described catalysts and solvents, and to the use of these catalysts in the presence of such solvents. |