Electronically enriched chiral BINAP derivatives were synthesized incorporating electron- donating substituents at the para-phenyl position and evaluated for the Ru-catalyzed homogeneous asymmetric hydrogenation of α-ketoesters with up to 92% ee. These diphophosphines were also excellent ligands for the iridium-catalyzed asymmetric hydrogenation of quinolines.
[Casalnuovo, Albert L.; RajanBabu, T. V.; Ayers, Timothy A.; Warren, Timothy H. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1994 , vol. 116, # 22 p. 9869 - 9882]