1986 Volume 106 Issue 7 Pages 521-536
Development of novel chiral pyrrolidinebisphosphine ligands (BPPM, PPM etc.) from L-hydroxyproline and their application to catalytic asymmetric synthesis of biologically important compounds were described.
α-Amino acid (91-92% optical yields), salsolidine (45%), α-hydroxyester (78.5%), R-(-)-pantolactone (80.5-86.7%), β-aminoacids (53-55.2%), α-methylsuccinic acid (94.2%), and β-methylaspartic acid (58.2%) were obtained. The mechanism of their asymmetric hydrogenation was also clarified.