Binepines are monodentate phosphanes characterized by a seven-membered phosphepine ring in a C 2 -symmetrical environment created by the atropisomeric binaphthalene template. They incorporate an endocyclic P-donor atom and feature a stereogenic axis as unique chiral element (Figure 1).The first representative of this class, P-phenyl binaphthophosphepine (Ph-binepine 1, Figure 1) was synthesized in 1994. [1] Binepines facilitate very high stereoselectivities in a variety of asymmetric processes, both as organocatalysts [2] and as ligands in metal catalysts. The range of transition metal binepine catalysts screened with remarkable success is quite wide and, to date, comprises Rh, [3] Ru, [4] Pd, [5] Pt, [6] Cu, [7] and Ni [8] complexes.At present the library of binepine ligands includes structurally diverse derivatives featuring different substituents at the Pdonor [1c, 3b] or at the benzylic carbons. [1c, 3a] No example has yet been reported where the phosphepine ring has been fused with a diaryl template other than binaphthalene.Herein we report the synthesis of (R)-7 (Scheme 1), the first member of a new class of diphenyl-templated phosphepines, and its performances in some basic asymmetric catalysis.In the binepine synthesis, the phosphepine ring is created by reacting the dilithium-N,N,N',N'-tetramethylethylenediamine (TMEDA) adduct obtained from enantiopure 2,2'-dimethyl-1,1'binaphthalene with a suitable phosphorus bis-electrophile. To exploit the same strategy in the preparation of (R)-7, a straight-