title: Highly diastereoselective oxidative addition of methyl iodide to a chiral square-planar complex.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY 14627, USA.
authors.forename: Mesfin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Janka
authors.forename: Abdurrahman C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Atesin
authors.forename: Daniel J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Fox
authors.forename: Christine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Flaschenriem
authors.forename: William W
authors.initials: WW
authors.lastname: Brennessel
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Eisenberg