The invention discloses a method for synthesizing chiral fluoroamine by
palladium catalytic
asymmetric hydrogenation, wherein, the used
catalysis system comprises a
palladium chiral diphosphite complex. The reaction is carried out under the following conditions that: the temperature is 0-50 DEG C, the
solvent is a 2,2,2-trifluoroethyl
alcohol, the pressure is 1-42 atm, the ratio of the substrate to the catalyst is 50 : 1, the used
metal precursor is
palladium trifluoroacetate, the used
chiral ligand is a chiral diphosphite ligand. The catalyst is prepared by stirring the palladium
metal precursor and the chiral diphosphite ligand in
acetone at
room temperature, and then carrying out vacuum condensation. According to the invention, by the hydrogenation of
imine containing
trifluoromethyl, corresponding
chiral amine containing
trifluoromethyl is obtained, the
enantiomeric excess can reach to 94 %; by the hydrogenation of
imine containing perfluoroalkyl, corresponding
chiral amine containing perfluoroalkyl is obtained, and the
enantiomeric excess can reach to 86 %. The present invention has the advantages of simple and practical operation, high enantioselectivitiy, good yield, green
atom economy of the reaction, and no environmental
pollution.