Patent ID: 8044224

Claim:
A chiral iridium aqua complex represented by the formula (5): wherein R 7 is an aryl group substituted by haloalkyl group(s) having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, R 8 and R 9 are the same or different and each is an aralkyl group optionally having at least one substituent selected from the group consisting of a halogen atom, an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, a haloalkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, an alkoxy group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, a haloalkoxy group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, a nitro group, a carboxyl group and a cyano group, or an alkyl group or a hydrogen atom, X is a monovalent or divalent anion, and n is 2 when X is a monovalent anion, or n is 1 when X is a divalent anion.