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Treatment of C-2-symmetric chiral acetylenes, prepared from (R)-1,1'-b
i-2-naphthol, with dichlorobis(trialkylphosphine)-platinum or -palladi
um in the presence of a Cu-I catalyst in amine gave high molecular-wei
ght polynuclear complexes, which show a large negative optical rotatio
n.