Supramolecular chiral dendritic monophosphites assembled by hydrogen bonding and their use in the Rh-catalyzed asymmetric hydrogenation

A new type of supramolecular chiral dendritic monophosphite ligands has been prepared via a hydrogen-bonding assembly. The Rh complexes of these supramolecular ligands have been successfully applied in the asymmetric hydrogenation of enamides and dehydroamino acid derivatives with good enantioselectivities, which are comparable to those obtained from the free monophosphite ligands. The supramolecular catalyst could be easily recycled via solvent precipitation.