Palladium-Catalyzed Asymmetric Addition of Diarylphosphines to α,β-Unsaturated Sulfonic Esters for the Synthesis of Chiral Phosphine Sulfonate Compounds

Highly stereoselective addition of diarylphosphines to alpha,beta-unsaturated sulfonic esters catalyzed through a PCP pincer-Pd complex is developed to synthesize chiral phosphine sulfonic esters with excellent enantioselectivity (up to 99.5% ee). The transformation of the chiral adduct into a useful palladium phosphine sulfonate complex is also demonstrated.