Chiral bidentate phosphorus ligands BINAP

Bidentate Phosphorus Ligands Supported on Atropisomeric Biaryl Backbones. Most ligands of this group contain binaphthyl or biphenyl moieties-providing an axial element of chirality. The flagship of this class of compounds is the atropisomeric diphosphane BINAP (36), whose complexes (primarily Ru(II) complexes (37)) play a pivotal role in asymmetric scale-up hydrogenations and isomerizations (Fig. 5). 

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