Chlorotrimethylsilane → 2-[Di(1-naphthyl)phosphino]phenylphosphine

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Reaction Steps

For example, 2-bromophenol (4) is reacted with trifluoromethanesulfonic anhydride to form 2-(trifluoromethanesulfonyl)oxy-bromobenzene (5), which is then reacted with di(1-naphthyl)phosphine in the presence of a palladium complex catalyst to obtain (2-bromophenyl)[di(1-naphthyl)]phosphine (6). Next, the compound (6) is reacted with diethyl chlorophosphite in the presence of n-butyllithium to obtain diethyl 2-[di(1-naphthyl)phosphino]phenylphosphonite (7). Then, the compound (7) is reduced with lithium aluminum hydride in the presence of chlorotrimethylsilane to form [2-[di(1-naphthyl)phosphino]phenylphosphine (8). Thereafter, in the presence of n-butyllithium, the compound is reacted with dimesylate of (2R,5R)-2,5-hexanediol producible, for example, according to the method described in a literature (Tetrahedron: Asymmetry, 1991, 2, 569), whereby the aimed (S,S)-Me-UCAP-(1-Nap) (3) can be produced in a high efficiency.

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