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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 1998
Filed:
Jul. 18, 1996
Noboru Sayo, Kanagawa, JP;
Xiaoyong Zhang, Kanagawa, JP;
Tatsuya Omoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Tohru Yokozawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Tetsuro Yamasaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Hidenori Kumobayashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Takasago International Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A novel chiral unsymmetric diphosphine compound of formula (I): ##STR1## wherein Ar.sup.1 and Ar.sup.2, which are different from each other, each represent a substituted or unsubstituted phenyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted naphthyl group, a pyridyl group, a quinolyl group, an isoquinolyl group, a furfuryl group, a benzofurfuryl group, a thienyl group, or a benzothienyl group, and a transition metal complex containing the diphosphine compound as a ligand. The complex catalyzes various asymmetric synthesis reactions, e.g., asymmetric hydrogenation or asymmetric hydrosilylation, exhibiting excellent performance in selectivity, conversion and catalytic activity, to provide a product of desired absolute configuration at high optical purity and in high yield.