Asymmetric synthesis of keto-substituted P-chiral phosphines by means of an unusual exo/endo-stereochemically controlled Diels–Alder reaction

Abstract
An asymmetric Diels–Alder reaction between 1-phenyl-3,4-dimethylphosphole and ethyl vinyl ketone promoted by a chiral organopalladium complex gives the corresponding keto-substituted phosphine ligands in which the keto group can be stereospecifically located in the endo- or exo-positions of the phosphanorbornene skeleton.