Substrate-induced kinetic resolution of racemic biphosphines in situ for homogeneous catalysis

1 January 1986

journal article
research article
Published by Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications

No. 20,p. 1532-1534
https://doi.org/10.1039/c39860001532

Abstract

Reaction between the resolved iridium enamide complex (+)-(3) or (–)-(3) and chiral biphosphines is highly enantioselective and permits their in situ resolution for asymmetric catalysis; the structure of (+)-(3) has been confirmed by X-ray crystallography.

Keywords

HOMOGENEOUS CATALYSIS
KINETICS