On the efficacy of propeller-shaped, C₃-symmetric triarylphosphines in asymmetric catalysis

Abstract

Ligand sets 1 and 2 were prepared and examined for evidence of C₃-symmetric propeller-shaped conformations in solution, and for their ability to induce enantioselectivity in an allylation reaction.

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