Modular Monodentate Oxaphospholane Ligands: Utility in Highly Efficient and Enantioselective 1,4‐Diboration of 1,3‐Dienes

Abstract
Tune it up! Tunable, chiral, monodentate oxaphospholane ligands (termed OxaPhos) are highly effective in the Pt‐catalyzed title reaction, providing the 1,4‐addition products in enantiomer ratios approaching 99:1 (see scheme). In the presence of enantiomerically pure cis‐iBu‐OxaPhos, a catalyst loading of only 0.02 mol % [Pt(dba)3] was sufficient for effective reaction. pin=pinacolato, dba=dibenzylideneacetone.