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Dalton Trans
; 50(45): 16459-16463, 2021 Nov 23.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-34668511
ABSTRACT
Highly diastereoselective coordination of unsymmetrical cationic 2,2'-bipyridine ligands bearing a chiral amidinium substituent to [Re(CO)3Cl] and [Ir(PhPy)2]+ cores is reported. Binding strength and stereoselectivity have been correlated with the position of the amidinium group on the bipy. The 4-, 5- and 6-substituted ligands all produce C-[Re(CO)3(LH)Cl]X selectively, while only the 4-derivative gives preferred formation of Δ-[Ir(Phpy)2(4-LH)](BF4)2.