“…A zirconium-mediated synthesis of a new class of ligands, namely 1,4-bis(diphenylphosphino)-1,3-butadiene-bridged diphosphine (NUPHOS, 38), from alkynes (39a and 39b), has been reported. 13 The diphosphine is prepared by transmetallation of the zirconocycle 40 to copper to give a divinylcopper species 41, which is quenched with chlorodiphenylphosphine to afford 1,2,3,4-Ph 4 -NUPHOS (38a) or 1,2,3,4-Me 4 -NUPHOS (38b), depending on the choice of alkyne, Scheme 11.…”