“…Phosphite/phosphinite‐thioether ligands L1 ‐ L8a ‐ f were prepared as previously reported [16] . Substrates S1 , [30] S2 , [12e] S3 – S4 , [30] S5 – S7 , [12g] S8 , [31] S9 – S10 , [32] S11 , [33] S12 , [32] S13 , [33] S14 , [34] S15 – S18 , [13b] S19 , [35] S20 , [13a] S21 , [36] S22 , [37] S28 , [6g] S29 , [38] S30 – S37 , [6g] S38 , [39] S39 – S43 , [22b] S44 , [40] S45 – S46 , [27j] S47 , [41] S48 , [27j] S49 , [27i] S50 [27a] were prepared following the reported procedures. 1 H, 13 C and 31 P NMR spectra were recorded using a 400 MHz spectrometer.…”