Combination of a binaphthol-derived phosphite and a C1-symmetric phosphinamine generates heteroleptic catalysts in Rh- and Pd-mediated reactions

Chem Commun (Camb). 2009 Jun 28:(24):3539-41. doi: 10.1039/b908167d. Epub 2009 May 21.

Abstract

Heteroleptic complexes, formed selectively by using a 1 : 1 combination of a sigma-donor and a pi-acceptor ligand, are involved in Rh- and Pd-catalysed reactions.