Phosphorus Ligands from the Zhang Lab: Design, Asymmetric Hydrogenation, and Industrial Applications

Chiral phosphorus ligands have played a crucial role for the recent advances in asymmetric catalysis. This review summarizes chiral phosphorus ligands developed from the Laboratory of Professor Xumu Zhang in the latest 25 years. A number of iconic phosphorus ligands including bisphosphorus ligands with rigid chiral backbone such as BICP, PennPhos, TunePhos, and f-Binaphane, P-chiral bisphosphorus ligands TangPhos, Binapine, and DuanPhos, phosphine-phosphoramidte ligand YanPhos, noncovalent interaction-assisted ferrocenyl phosphorus ligand ZhaoPhos and WudaPhos, and tridentate ferrocenyl phosphorus ligands f-amphox are introduced, and their applications in asymmetric hydrogenation are emphasized.

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This review summarizes the chiral phosphorus ligands developed by Professor Xumu Zhang's laboratory in the past 25 years, including classic phosphorus ligands with rigid chiral backbones and their applications in asymmetric hydrogenation reactions.