Asymmetric P-C Bond Formation: Diastereoselective Synthesis of Adjacent P,C-Stereogenic Allylic Phosphorus Compounds.

A novel catalytic asymmetric P-C bond formation between phosphinates/phosphine oxide and allylic carbonates was developed. This methodology could not only afford a variety of functionalized adjacent P,C-stereogenic phosphorus compounds in high yields with high regio- and diastereoselectivities but also provide an alternative strategy to access enantiomerically enriched (SP )-phosphinates through kinetic resolution.