Technical Notes:

1.Macheal Addition- highly enantioselective Michael addition reaction of diphenyl phosphite to a range of nitroalkenes .

2.Hydrophosphonylation- diphenylphosphite has been successfully employed in a chiral Pudovik reaction with aldehydes, extending the generality of this asymmetric methodology.

3.Friedel-Crafts/Substitution Domino Reaction- Dihydroarylfuran skeletons are efficiently synthesized from (Z)- bromonitroalkenes and naphthol derivatives in good yields and excellent enantioselectivities

References:

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2.Org. Biomol. Chem., 2014, 12, 1258-1264.

3.Angew. Chem. Commun., 2013, 49, 2001-2003.