“…In addition, the metal can be coordinated and rendered water-soluble thanks to the phosphane moiety covalently attached to the CD platform. For twenty years, various CD-mono, di, tri or tetra-phosphanes have been described in the literature [ 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 , 9 , 10 , 11 , 12 , 13 , 14 , 15 , 16 , 17 , 18 , 19 , 20 , 21 , 22 , 23 , 24 , 25 , 26 , 27 ], but only some CD-functionalized by one or two phosphorous moieties were exploited in aqueous organometallic catalytic processes [ 28 , 29 , 30 , 31 , 32 , 33 , 34 , 35 , 36 ]. Nevertheless, while their coordinating properties towards a transition metal and their catalytic properties were fully detailed, their mass transfer agent properties were much less discussed.…”