“…Unlike the biisoquinoline ligands, most 2,2‘-bipyridine ligands, and similar derivatives, form complexes in which the aromatic rings are coplanar, to maximize orbital overlap with the metal . Despite the difficulty associated with the synthesis of enantiopure bipyridines, the use of such ligands in asymmetric catalysis has been reported. − The asymmetry of these bipyridyl ligands is almost always due to stereogenic centers remote from the metal binding site; , however, some chiral bipyridine ligands with chiral axes have been reported. ,,− Certain 3,3‘-annelated 2,2‘-bipyridines, biquinolines, and related derivatives, ,− as well as 3-substituted and 3,3‘-disubstituted 2,2‘-bipyridines, ,,,− have skewed conformations in the unbound and bound forms (Figure ). The barrier to atropisomerization in the annelated derivatives is controlled by the length and substitution pattern of the tether.…”