Diastereoselective intramolecular C-H bond activation on a prochiral sp3 carbon by a cationic Ir(I) complex having an optically active P-N hybrid ligand

Highly diastereoselective intramolecular C-H bond activation at a prochiral sp(3) carbon was achieved with a cationic iridium complex having an optically active heterochelate PN*(R) [PN*(R) = o-Ph2PC6H4CH2OCH2C=NCH(R)CH2O] ligand. (C) 2003 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.