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

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/0957-4166(96)00368-0

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 substi