Abstract We have prepared a series of new rhenium complexes containing chiral ferrocenyldiphosphane ligands of the Josiphos family, starting from commercially available rhenium sources. These new Re V oxido and nitrido complexes, several of which have been characterized by X-ray crystallography, are air-and moisture-stable and are active catalysts in the asymmetric transfer hydrogenation of ketones using 2-propanol as the hydrogen ...
