Remote Control of Regio‐ and Diastereoselectivity in the Hydroformylation of Bishomoallylic Alcohols with Catalytic Amounts of a Reversibly Bound Directing Group

Remote and reversible! Phosphinites serve as reversibly bound directing groups for the remote control of the regio- and diastereoselective hydroformylation of bishomoallylic alcohols (see scheme; r.r: regioisomer ratio). The distance between the double bond and the functional hydroxy group to which the directing group is reversibly bound is the longest ever reported.