An asymmetric synthesis of C3-symmetric phosphane 1 has been achieved. Two of the α-methylbenzyl groups were introduced as nucleophiles (using an α-methylbenzyl Grignard reagent), and asymmetry was introduced by resolution using (R)-α-methylbenzylamine. The final α-methylbenzyl group was introduced as an electrophile (α-methylbenzyl iodide) in a modestly selective reaction. (© Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, 69451 Weinheim, Germany, 2003)