“…The 1,1Ј-biphenyl-2,2Ј-diol, (Ϯ)-1,1Ј-binaphthyl-2,2Ј-diol, and (-)-(S)-1,1Ј-binaphthyl-2,2Ј-diol, purchased from Aldrich, were dried by azeotropic distillation with toluene. The 1,1Ј-biphenyl-2,2Ј-diyl phosphorochloridite, [41] (Ϯ)-1,1Ј-binaphthyl-2,2Ј-diyl phosphorochloridite, [42] (-)-(S)-1,1Ј-binaphthyl-2,2Ј-diyl phosphorochloridite, [43] 4-hydroxy-4Ј-nitroazobenzene (NHA), [44] PdCl 2 (MeCN) 2 [45] , and Mo-(CO) 4 (nbd) [46] were prepared according to literature methods.…”