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Two diastereoisomeric P,N-ligands, (S,S)-1 and (R,S)-1, were synthesized an
d assessed in palladium-catalyzed allylic alkylations. With rac-1,3-dipheny
lpropenyl acetate as substrate, ligand (AS)-1, with "pseudo-C-2" symmetry,
exhibited higher reactivity and higher enantioselectivity than the "pseudo-
meso" ligand (R,S)-1, whereas reversal reactivity and selectivity were obse
rved with rac-3-cyclohexenyl acetate.