Enantioselective catalysis: Part 147. A Rh(cod) complex with the chiral [Pt2S2{(−)diop}2] ligand

The trinuclear complex [Pt2Rh(μ3-S)2{(−)-diop}2(cod)]Cl (3) was synthesized starting from the chiral “ligand” [Pt2(μ-S)2{(−)-diop}] (2) and [Rh(cod)Cl]2, and characterized by X-ray crystallography. Compound 3 was used as a catalyst in the hydrosilylation of acetophenone with diphenylsilane and in the hydrogenation of ketopantolactone.