The Rh-catalyzed asymmetric hydroformylation is an efficient catalytic reaction that produces chiral aldehydes from inexpensive feedstock (alkenes, syngas) in one step. The elucidation of the different steps of the catalytic cycle and the characterization of the resting state, simultaneously with the discovery of several types of ligands, enable that nowadays, a variety of chiral products are available and this process is now considered a useful tool in organic synthesis. Asymmetric hydroaminomethylation is a one-pot tandem reaction involving hydroformylation and reductive amination leading to chiral amines. The most relevant results concerning these reactions are depicted in this book chapter.

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