The carbonyl group tuned electron-deficient phosphorus ligands and their application in Rhodium catalyzed arylation to aldehydes

Abstract Acylphosphines, which could be efficiently prepared from acid chlorides and secondary phosphines, were developed as a type of carbonyl group tuned electron-deficient phosphorus ligand. They were found to be a kind of efficient ligand in Rhodium catalyzed arylation to aldehydes through accelerating the transmetalation process. Chiral acylphosphine ligands could be generated from carboxylic acids bearing the chiral framework correspondingly.