Catalytic asymmetric synthesis using chirality-switchable helical polymer as a chiral ligand

Single-handed PQXphos, i.e., helical poly(quinoxaline-2,3-diyl)s bearing diarylphosphino pendant groups, served as remarkable chiral ligands in palladium-catalyzed asymmetric hydrosilylation of styrenes and asymmetric biaryl synthesis by Suzuki-Miyaura coupling, affording up to 98 % enantiomeric excess (e.e.) in both reactions. A palladium complex of high-molecular-weight variant (1000mer) of PQXphos could be reused eight times by virtue of the formation of an insoluble polymer complex. PQXphos underwent solvent-dependent inversion of the helical sense, enabling production of either of two enantiomeric products using a single PQXphos.