BINAP (2,2′-bis(diphenylphosphino)-1,1′-binaphthyl) is an organophosphorus compound. This chiral diphosphine ligand is widely used in asymmetric synthesis...

steric hindrance of the groups, as in substituted biaryl compounds such as BINAP, or by torsional stiffness of the bonds, as in the C=C double bonds in allenes...

backbone. BINAP chelates onto a metal (usually a late transition metal) to form a C2-symmetric complex. As shown below in the structure of an (R)-BINAP ruthenium...

chirality). When the barrier to racemization is high, as illustrated by the BINAP ligands, the phenomenon becomes of practical value in asymmetric synthesis...

the BINAP-Ru-diamine system. The dihalide form of the catalyst is converted to the catalysts by reaction of H2 in the presence of base: RuCl2(BINAP)(diamine)...

dextrorotary one. BINOL is a precursor for another chiral ligand called BINAP. The volumetric mass density of the two enantiomers is 0.62 g cm−3.[citation...

phosphine ligands such as 1,2-bis(diphenylphosphino)ethane (Ph2PC2H4PPh2) and BINAP. via its bistriflate derivatives. Both the (R)- and (S)-enantiomers, as...

myrcene, which undergoes asymmetric isomerisation in the presence of a BINAP rhodium complex to give (after hydrolysis) enantiomerically pure R-citronellal...

basic conditions. To select for one of the four possible stereoisomers, a BINAP-Ru catalyst is used to control the outcome of the reaction through the steric...

Noyori, Ryoji (1995). "Asymmetric Hydrogenation of Allylic Alcohols Using BINAP–Ruthenium Complexes: (S)-(−)-citronellol". Organic Syntheses. 72: 74. doi:10...