Chiral-Organotin-Catalyzed Kinetic Resolution of Vicinal Amino Alcohols.

A highly efficient kinetic resolution of racemic amino alcohols has been achieved for the first time with a chiral tin catalyst. A chiral organotin compound with 3,4,5-trifluorophenyl groups at the 3,3'-positions of the binaphthyl framework enabled this transformation with excellent yield and high enantioselectivity. The process tolerates aryl- and alkyl-substituted amino alcohols and a variety of other substrates, affording the corresponding products in high enantioselectivity and with s factors up to >500.