1. It is an example of a chiral diphosphine used in asymmetric hydrogenation. 2. It is classified as a diphosphine ligand in coordination chemistry and homogeneous catalysis. 3. It can be generated from diphosphine but is highly unstable at room temperature: 4. The application of diphosphine ligands to catalysts is not limited to the process of hydroformylation. 5. The compound is used as a bulky and highly basic diphosphine ligand in coordination chemistry. 6. Diphosphine ligands with bite angles of over 120?are obtained using a bulky, stiff diphosphine backbones.7. Diphosphine ligands with bite angles of over 120?are obtained using a bulky, stiff diphosphine backbones. 8. "' Chiraphos "'is a diphosphine employed as a ligand in organometallic chemistry. 9. The bite angle of a diphosphine ligand also indicates the distortion from the ideal geometry of a complex based on VSEPR models. 10. Henri Kagan developed DIOP, an easily prepared C 2-symmetric diphosphine that gave high ee's in certain reactions.