L. Mckinstry et T. Livinghouse, AN EFFICIENT PROCEDURE FOR THE SYNTHESIS OF ELECTRON-RICH BISPHOSPHINES CONTAINING HOMOCHIRAL BACKBONES, Tetrahedron letters, 35(50), 1994, pp. 9319-9322
An eminently practical method for the synthesis of homochiral bisphosp
hines is described. This procedure entails the sequential reaction of
homochiral ditosylate with the appropriate dialkylphosphine-borane ani
on followed by BH3 decomplexation mediated by HBF4.OMe(2).