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SUBMITTER: Gridnev ID
PROVIDER: S-EPMC397390 | biostudies-literature | 2004 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20040315 15
Optically active 1,2-bis(alkylmethylphosphino)ethanes and bis(alkylmethylphosphino)methanes are unique diphosphine ligands combining the simple molecular structure and P-stereogenic asymmetric environment. This work shows that these ligands exhibit excellent enantioselectivity in rhodium-catalyzed asymmetric hydrogenation of alpha,beta-unsaturated phosphonic acid derivatives. The enantioselective hydrogenation mechanism elucidated by NMR study is also described. ...[more]