K. Inagaki et al., SYNTHESIS OF SPHINO-2'-DIPHENYLPHOSPHINOMETHYL,-1,1'-BINAPHTHYL AND ITS USE FOR ASYMMETRIC HYDROGENATION OF ALPHA-ALKYLSTYRENES, Journal of organometallic chemistry, 531(1-2), 1997, pp. 159-163
A new chiral bisphosphine ligand osphino-2'-diphenylphosphinomethl-1,1
'-binaphthyl) was synthesized from enantiomerically pure (R)-1, 1'-bin
aphthalene-2,2'-diol. Rhodium(I) complexes of this bisphosphine ligand
have been used as catalysts for asymmetric hydrogenation of alpha-alk
ylstyrenes to give the corresponding aromatic hydrocarbons in up to 77
% ee.