A boron complex catalyses the addition of allyl groups — hydrocarbon motifs — to 'activated imines' in a relay-like process, generating synthetically useful compounds as single mirror-image isomers. See Letter p.216
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Jeso, V., Micalizio, G. Relay catalysis at a boron centre. Nature 494, 179–181 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1038/494179a
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