Phosphine Ligands Based on the Ferrocenyl Platform: Advances in Catalytic Cross-Couplings

Ferrocenyl skeletons tagged with a variety of donor atoms (metalloligands) have become popular in modern metal-catalyzed organic transformations, broadening the applications. Ferrocenylphosphines, such as 1′-bis(diphenylphosphino)ferrocene (dppf), have been widely used as metalloligands in academic and industrial research, motivating further investigation into novel ferrocenylphosphine ligands. The current review concentrated non-exhaustively on emblematic applications of different ferrocenylphosphine ligands in transition metal-catalyzed cross-coupling strategies. Initially, the stereochemical aspects of the ferrocenyl skeleton, nomenclature, and applications of chiral ferrocenyl phosphine…