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Synlett 1990; 1990(4): 199-200
DOI: 10.1055/s-1990-21032
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Preparation of a New Class of C2-Symmetric Chiral Phosphines: The First Asymmetric Staudinger Reaction

Stephen R. Wilson* , Alex Pasternak
  • *Department of Chemistry, New York University, Washington Square, New York, NY 10003, USA
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08 March 2002 (online)

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The synthesis of the first C2-symmetric phospholane, (2R,5R)-1-phenyl-2,5-dimethylphospholane (10), and its use in an enantioselective Staudinger reaction (reduction of azides with phosphines) is reported.

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