The present invention relates to novel ligands of formula 1, wherein R1 is each substituted or unsubstituted
alkyl, perfluoroalkyl,
aryl or cycloalkyl; a cyano group; a
sulfonyl-SO2-R10 wherein R10 = a C1-C5
alkyl group, a C5-C6 cycloalkyl group, a C5-C10
aryl group, each unsubstituted or substituted by a C1-C4
alkyl group or a C1-C4 perfluoroalkyl group; silyl-Si (R20R30R40), wherein R20, R30 and R40 are, independently of each other, a C1-C6 alkyl group or a C5-C10
aryl group, which are each unsubstituted or substituted by a C1-C4 alkyl group; r2 is each substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, cycloalkyl, adamantyl or aryl; r3, R4 and R5 are each alkyl, cycloalkyl or aryl, which may be unsubstituted or substituted; or at least two of R3, R4 and R5 are alkyl or
alkyl ether bridges and form a heterocyclic ring together with the
phosphorus atom, or wherein R3 and R6 and / or R4 and R7 and / or R5 and R8 form an alkyl or
alkyl ether bridge together with the
nitrogen atom to which it is attached form a heterocyclic ring; r6, R7 and R8 are alkyl or aryl, which may be unsubstituted or substituted, or form a heterocyclic ring, alone or together, with R3, R4 or R5 and the
nitrogen atom to which it is attached; m, n and o are 0 or 1, with the proviso that at least one of m, n and o is 1,
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