Cationic Iridium/Chiral Bidentate Phosphoramidite Catalyzed Asymmetric Hydroarylation

In this personal account, we summarize our investigations on the asymmetric direct addition of C(sp2)-H bond to unsaturated compounds such as C=O, C=C using cationic Iridium-chiral O-linked bidentatephosphoramidite (Me-BIPAM) and S-linked bidentatephosphoramidite (S-Me-BIPAM) catalyst system.