Chiral phosphines, transition metal complexes thereof and uses thereof in asymmetric reactions

A ligand on selected from the group consisting of compounds represented by II through VII and IX through XI:

• said ligand being attached to a support material through physical interactions or linked to said support material by a linker group;
• wherein R′ is selected from the group consisting of:
• alkyl, aryl, substituted alkyl, substituted aryl, hydroxy, alkoxy, aryloxy, amino, alkylamino, dialkylamino, arylamino, diarylamino, alkylarylamino and amido;
• wherein each X, Z and Z′ is independently selected from the group consisting of:
• O, S, SO2, and SO;
• wherein each Z″ is independently selected from the group consisting of:
• CH, and CR;
• wherein each R1, R2, R3 and R4 is independently selected from the group consisting of:
• H, alkyl, aryl, substituted alkyl, substituted aryl and OR;
• wherein Y is selected from the group consisting of:
• O and SO2, and Y′ is selected from the group consisting of:
• O, CO, C(OR)2, CH(OR), CH2, CHR, CR2, SO2, —(CH2)n— wherein n is 0 or an integer from 1 to 8, —(CH2)nQ(CH2)m— wherein each n and m is independently an integer from 1 to 8, divalent phenyl, substituted divalent phenyl, 2,2′-divalent-1,1′-biphenyl, substituted 2,2′-divalent-1,1′-biphenyl, 2,2′-divalent-1,1′-binaphthyl, substituted 2,2′-divalent-1,1′-binaphthyl, 1,1′-ferrocene, substituted 1,1′-ferrocene, wherein the substituent in each of said substituted divalent phenyl, biphenyl, binaphthyl and ferrocene is one or more moiety each independently selected from the group consisting of:
• alkyl, aryl, aralkyl, alkaryl, alkenyl, alkynyl, F, Cl, Br, I, OH, OR, SH, SR, COOH, COOR, SO3H, SO3R, PO3H2, PO3HR, PO3R2, NH2, NHR, NR2, PR2, AsR2, SbR2 and nitro;
• and
• wherein each R is independently selected from the group consisting of:
• alkyl, aryl, substituted alkyl, substituted aryl, fluoroalkyl, perfluoroalkyl and —CR′2(CR′2)qQ(CR′2)pR′ wherein each q and p is independently an integer from 1 to 8, Q is selected from the group consisting of:
• O, S, divalent aryl, divalent fused aryl, divalent 5-membered ring heterocycle and divalent fused heterocycle.