In 2002, Tanaka and Han developed a Pd-catalyzed addition of alkynes with (
RP)-menthyl-phenylphosphinate to give enantiomerically pure P-chiral alkenylphosphinates while retaining the configuration at phosphorus atom [
79]. In 2020, our group achieved asymmetric hydrophosphorylation of alkynes using a Pd/(
R,
R)-QuinoxP* catalyst for the synthesis of P-stereogenic phosphinates. However, secondary phosphine oxides exhibited poor yield and enantioselectivity under the same conditions [
80]. Simultaneously, Zhang utilized their Pd/Xiao-Phos to give
anti-Markovnikov addition products through enantioselective hydrophosphinylation of alkynes with phosphine oxides (
Scheme 1B,
a) [
81]. Ni-catalysis has also proven to be a highly efficient catalyst for facilitating P-H addition. In 2021, Zhang successfully applied a Ni-catalyst in the asymmetric hydrophosphination of alkynes using a one-pot two-step process, resulting in the formation of P-stereogenic phosphines [
82]. More recently, Zhang also realized
anti-Markovnikov hydrophosphination of unactivated alkynes through Ni
Ⅱ catalysis with the addition of AgOTf (
Scheme 1B,
b) [
83]. Besides, the same group reported the asymmetric addition of enynes with secondary phosphine oxides to give P-chiral alkenylphosphine oxides, where the alkene moiety served as a directing group by coordinating with the Ni catalyst (
Scheme 1B,
c) [
84]. However, no examples using phosphinate as nucleophiles were provided. Recently, our group developed a Cu/CPA co-catalytic system for delivering axially chiral phosphorus-containing alkenes (
Scheme 1B,
d) [
85]. Additionally, Duan has successfully developed a Ni-catalyzed asymmetric C(sp
2)-P coupling of secondary phosphine oxides with alkenyl bromides for generating P-stereogenic alkenylphosphine oxides with high yields and enantioselectivities [
86]. The aforementioned examples are more suitable for a specific type of phosphorous nucleophile in a catalytic system, and other phosphorous nucleophiles often yield unsatisfactory results. Therefore, it is particularly desirable to develop a more general approach to realize asymmetric addition of various phosphorous nucleophiles.