The base-catalyzed addition of the optically active P-H phospholanes tarpholane and diopholane to olefins activated by diphenylphosphino or diphenylphosphinoyl groups gives unsymmetrical chelate phosphines which are used as cocatalysts in the hydrogenation of (Z)-alpha-N-acetamidocinnamic acid, in the cross-coupling of 1-phenylethyl Grignard with vinylbromide, and in the hydrosilylation of acetophenone with diphenylsilane.
The base-catalyzed addition of the optically active P-H phospholanes tarpholane and diopholane to olefins activated by diphenylphosphino or diphenylphosphinoyl groups gives unsymmetrical chelate phosphines which are used as cocatalysts in the hydrogenation of (Z)-alpha-N-acetamidocinnamic acid, in the cross-coupling of 1-phenylethyl Grignard with vinylbromide, and in the hydrosilylation of acetophenone with diphenylsilane.