Enantiomerically pure bicyclo[3.3.1]nona-2,6-diene as the sole source of enantioselectivity in BIPHEP-Rh asymmetric hydrogenation.
Punniyamurthy T., Mayr M., Dorofeev AS., Bataille CJR., Gosiewska S., Nguyen B., Cowley AR., Brown JM.
In situ resolution of the rapidly racemising diphosphine BIPHEP and its relatives with the cationic Rh complex of (S,S)-bicyclonona-2,6-diene permits the asymmetric hydrogenation of dehydroamino esters.