An exceptional P-H phosphonite: Biphenyl- 2,2'-bisfenchylchlorophosphite and derived ligands (BIFOPs) in enantioselective copper- catalyzed 1,4-additions

• T. Kop-Weiershausen,
• J. Lex,
• J.-M. Neudörfl and
• B. Goldfuss

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2005, 1, No. 6, doi:10.1186/1860-5397-1-6

• -catalyzed 1,4-additions of ZnEt2 to 2-cyclohexen-1-one, this P-H phosphonite (yielding 65% ee) exceeds even the corresponding phosphite and phosphoramidite. Keywords: phosphorus ligands; chirality; biaryls; asymmetric conjugate additions; phosphoramidites; phosphites; phosphonites; X-ray analyses

• ][13][14][15][16][17][18] Such asymmetric conjugate additions of diethylzinc to enones are often highly enantioselective, especially with phosphoramidites (amidophosphites) and phosphites. [2][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35][36][37][38][39][40][41] These chiral

• phosphites are highly reactive chlorophosphites. [48][49][50][51] These intermediates are converted usually in situ with amines or alcohols to the modular, enantiopure ligands (Scheme 2). [2][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35][36][37][38][39][40][41]. Modular fencholates were