The hallmark of nucleophilic phosphine catalysis is the initial nucleophilic addition of a
phosphine to an electrophilic starting material, producing a reactive zwitterionic …

Asymmetric phosphine catalysis showcasing remarkable progress over the past two
decades has emerged as a key synthetic platform for the creation of molecular frameworks …

Conspectus Even though seminal reports on phosphine catalysis appeared in the 1960s, in
the last few decades of the past century trivalent phosphines were viewed primarily as useful …

In nucleophilic phosphine catalysis, tertiary phosphines undergo conjugate additions to
activated carbon–carbon multiple bonds to form β-phosphonium enolates, β-phosphonium …

In the last few years, the research area of chiral β-aminophosphines capable of promoting a
wide range of diverse organic transformations has attracted more attention. Their derivatives …

This review discusses the tertiary phosphines possessing various chiral skeletons that have
been used in asymmetric nucleophilic organocatalytic reactions, including annulations of …

The first highly enantioselective phosphine‐catalyzed formal [4+ 4] annulation has been
developed. In the presence of amino‐acid‐derived phosphines, the unprecedented [4+ 4] …

An enantioselective synthesis of spiropyrazolones from allenoate‐derived MBH acetates
and pyrazolones through a phosphine‐mediated [4+ 1] annulation process has been …

An asymmetric palladium and copper co‐catalyzed Heck/Sonogashira reaction between o‐
iodoacrylanilides and terminal alkynes to synthesize chiral oxindoles was developed. In …

The first phosphine-catalyzed highly enantioselective [3+ 3] cycloaddition of Morita–Baylis–
Hillman carbonates with C, N-cyclic azomethine imines is described. Using a spirocyclic …