A new planar chiral bipyridine-ligand: pyrid-2-yl[2](1,4)benzeno[2](5,8)quinolino-phane

The synthesis of the new planar chiral heterocyclic nitrogen ligand pyrid-2-yl[2](1,4)benzeno[2](5,8)quinolino-phane ( 1 with [2.2]paracyclophane-skeleton is described. The enantiomeric resolution is achieved by HPLC. The CD-spectra of 1 and of its chiral quinoline precursor are recorded. The enantiomerically pure title compound 1 is used in copper-catalyzed asymmetric cyclopropanation of styrene and in asymmetric iridium-catalyzed transfer-hydrogenation of acetophenone.