Primed! Secondary phosphine oxides are able to tautomerize in situ to phosphinous acids and then coordinate to soft transition metals through the trivalent phosphorus atom (see scheme). The presence of a chiral backbone allows this reaction to run stereoselectively and be used for the generation of highly enantioselective homogeneous catalysts.
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