abstract |
The present invention relates to novel chiral 1,1'-ferrocenylene diphosphonites and the synthesis thereof, in addition to complexes of said compounds with metals from groups VIIb, VIIIb and Ib of the Periodic Table and to the use thereof for enantioselective hydrogenation of olefins, ketones and imines, or enantioselective hydroboration and 1,4-addition to activated olefins. |