Tetrahedron: Asymmetry

Synthesis and applications of a new class of C2 symmetric phosphorus donor ligand for asymmetric catalysis

G Brenchley, M Fedouloff, E Merifield, M Wills

Index: Brenchley, Guy; Fedouloff, Michael; Merifield, Eric; Wills, Martin Tetrahedron Asymmetry, 1996 , vol. 7, # 10 p. 2809 - 2812

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Abstract

A novel class of C2-symmetric ligand has been prepared using an intramolecular cyclisation reaction of a diazaphosphole borane complex. Preliminary results of its application to the asymmetric catalysis of hydrogenation, hydrosilylation and allylic substitution reactions are described.