IAN-Amines: Direct Entry to a Chiral C2-Symmetric Zirconium(IV) β-Diketimine Complex Financial support has been provided by a GAANN Fellowship to S.B.C. (2001) and by Indiana University. IAN-amines are amines that are derived from Isoquinoline and 2-Amino Naphthalene.

A long-lost cousin of the binaphthyl family has been found to be readily accessible and configurationally stable. These so-called IAN-amines are competent ligands for ZrIV ions that display remarkable diastereoselectivity in the formation of C2-symmetric 2:1 complexes such as 1. The ligands of the favored diastereomeric complex are homochiral despite the use of a racemic mixture to make the complex.