The chiral {RuCl2(pybox-ip)} fragment can selectively capture the R enantiomer of racemic trans-cyclooctene 1 to give the corresponding complex 2 (see figure) and the free S enantiomer. The crystal structure of 2 is determined by X-ray analysis.
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Nishiyama et al. (1999) studied this question.