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The bicyclic alcohol (−)- 4 was prepared from (−)-bicyclo[3.2.0]hept-2-en-6-one (−)- 1 in 50% yield. The diol (−)- 4 was coupled to selected chlorophosphines 6 – 12 to produce a series of bisphosphinites 13 – 19 in 89–95% yield. From these bisphosphinites were prepared the rhodium complexes 20 – 26 which were characterised by 31 P NMR and used in situ for the asymmetric hydrogenation of α-enamides 27 – 29 . Complexes 21 , 23 – 25 proved to be the superior catalysts for the production of ( R )- N -acetylphenylalanine (91, 84, 90 and 87.5% ee) from 27 and ( S )- N -acetylalanine methyl ester (70, 72, 68 and 71% ee) from 28 . |