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A new class of unsymmetrical hybrid phosphine-aminophosphine ligands has been prepared from commerciallyavailable, inexpensive (
S)-1-phenylethylamine thr
ough aconcise synthetic procedure. These ligands are not verysensitive to air and moisture, and displayed good enantioselectivities in the Rh-catalyzed asymmetric hydrogenation ofvari
ous dimethyl
-benzoyloxyethenephosphonates bearing
-aryl,
-alkyl, and
-alkoxy substituents and
N-benzyloxycarbonyl
-enamido phosphonates, in which up to 97% eewas obtained. A side-by-side comparison study disclosed thatthese new phosphine-aminophosphine ligands showed betterenantioselectivity than BoPhoz ligands.