SUMMARY:  Palladium-catalyzed underexplored atroposelective hydrophosphination of sterically hindered internal alkynes with secondary phosphines has been realized, affording C-N axially chiral trisubstituted olefins (vinylphosphines) in excellent regioselectivity, (E)-selectivity, and enantioselectivity. The axial chirality was constructed via integration of hydrophosphination and dynamic kinetic transformation of the alkynes, with both symmetrical and nonsymmetrical secondary phosphines being applicable.

DOI:10.1016/j.chempr.2022.08.019

Congratulations to Danqing Ji. Special thanks also go to our collaborators.