Breaking News on the Enantioselective Intermolecular Heck Reaction^†

Glowing results with less phosphorus: Tremendous progress has been made recently in asymmetric intermolecular Heck chemistry. Previously unprecedented enantioselective Heck–Matsuda reactions have been accomplished, and mixed phosphine/phosphine oxides have been shown to be superior ligands in enantioselective Mizoroki–Heck reactions. All of this was achieved with chiral ligands containing few or even no phosphorus donors (see scheme).