“…The synthesis of the BINAP derivatives are published elsewhere. [14] In preliminary studies, 18 of the commercially available ligands [i.e., (R,R)-DIPAMP, 1, 15, 30, 31, 33, 34, 38, 40, 41, 42, 45, 47, 48, 49, 51, 52, 55] were investigated over the largest range of hydrogen pressure available with our experimental set-up (1-40 bar) and for the hydrogenation of only one substrate, methyl Z-a-acetamidocinnamate (MAC). Selected results are sketched in Table 2.…”