Diphosphine boranes cyclic

This method is not only restricted to dimethylphosphine boranes and sulfides. It has been also applied to cyclic diphosphine derivatives by deprotonation of one of the enantiotopic methylene groups a to the phosphorus atom (Scheme 5.3). In this case, a second stereogenic centre is created and therefore it is necessary to control also the diastereoselectivity of the reactions. 

A route to non-racemic P-stereogenic vinylphosphine-boranes, e.g., (100), is afforded by the addition of methylphenylphosphine-borane with alkynes in the presence of a chiral diphosphine-palladium catalyst. The ehiral diphosphine-platinum complex-catalysed addition of diethylphosphine to the diene cis,cis-muco-nitrile has given the new diphosphine (101) as a 3 2 mixture of diastereoisomers. Further work has been reported on the use of cyclopentadienyliron complexes that act as metal templates for the intramolecular hydrophosphination of coordinated vinylphosphines with 1,2-diphosphino-alkanes and -benzenes, leading to 1,4,7-triphosphacyclononanes, e.g., (102), capable of further elaboration to form new cyclic phosphines. 

Boron Intramolecular, enantioselective hydroboration of the normally unreactive A -het-erocyclic carbene (NHC)-boranes, such as (84), has been attained by B-H activation in the presence of rhodium(I) catalyst and the chiral diphosphine ligand (86). The cyclic boranes (85) thus obtained were of <98% eeP... 

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