Abstract A new family of ferrocenylphosphane ligands has been prepared. Their flexible synthesis allows many structural modifications. The asymmetric induction of these ligands was examined in the hydrogenation of functionalized C= C, C= O, and C= N bonds. The enantioselectivity of the reaction was strongly dependent on the substituent R at the position α to the ferrocene moiety. In many cases, both enantiomeric β-hydroxyesters of the ...
