Highly diastereoselective oxidative addition of methyl iodide to a chiral square-planar complex.
Oxidative addition of methyl iodide to the chiral square-planar complex IrI(CO)(duphos) shows a high level of diastereoselectivity. The basis for the diastereoselectivity of the reaction is best explained based on the crystal structure of IrI(CO)(duphos) in which methyl iodide approach across the two faces is differentiated by the chiral ligand.
Janka
Mesfin
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Department of Chemistry, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY 14627, USA.
Atesin
Abdurrahman C
AC
Fox
Daniel J
DJ
Flaschenriem
Christine
C
Brennessel
William W
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Eisenberg
Richard
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