title: A facile and modular synthesis of phosphinooxazoline ligands.
abstract: The copper(I) iodide catalyzed phosphine/aryl halide coupling procedure of Buchwald et al. provides modular, robust, and scaleable access to phosphinooxazoline (PHOX) ligands. The advantages of this method are highlighted by the convenient synthesis of PHOX ligands with varied steric and electronic properties, which would be challenging to synthesize by other protocols.
authors.affiliation: The Arnold and Mabel Beckman Laboratories of Chemical Synthesis, Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA.
authors.forename: Kousuke
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tani
authors.forename: Douglas C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Behenna
authors.forename: Ryan M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: McFadden
authors.forename: Brian M
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: Stoltz