Pt-catalyzed addition of diethylphosphine to the diene
cis,cis-mucononitrile gave the new diphosphine Et2PCH(CN)CH(CH2CH2CN)PEt2 as a 3:2 mixture of diastereomers. Two
monophosphine−alkene intermediates in the hydrophosphination were characterized by NMR spectroscopy.