K. Tani et al., Highly diastereoselective dihydride formation by activation of methanol with IrCl{(S)-binap}(PPh3), CHEM COMMUN, (17), 2001, pp. 1630-1631
Reaction of [IrCl{(S)-binap}(PPh3)] {(S)-3} with methanol gave one of the d
iastereomers of the cis,mer-dihydride, cis,mer-OC-6-44-A-[IrCl(H-2){(S)-bin
ap}(PPh3)] {(S)4a} stereoselectively, the structure of which was determined
crystallographically, whereas the reaction of (S)-3 with H2 produced a 1:
1 mixture of the diastereomers of the cis,mer-dihydride, (S)-4a and cis,mer
-OC-6-44-C-[IrCl(H-2){(S)-binap}(PPh3)] {(S)4b}.