Con
formationally
flexible NUPHOS-type diphosphines have been resolved as theirdiastereopure platinum BINOLate complexes
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2], being generated byprotonation with tri
fluoromethanesul
fonic acid, act as highly e
fficient catalysts
for the hetero-Diels-Alder reaction o
f nonactivated conjugated dienes with aryl glyoxals and glyoxylateesters, giving ee's as high as 99%.