1,4-D-sorbitan: A Promising Biobased-Platform for the Synthesis of Chiral Amines

The regio- and diastereoselective synthesis of chiral amines derived from 1,4-d-sorbitan has been developed via the borrowing hydrogen reaction using a cooperative catalysis between an achiral iridium catalyst and diphenylphosphoric acid. The different reactivities of the four hydroxyl groups on the 1,4-d-sorbitan scaffold have also been highlighted.