Abstract The additive effects of amines were realized in the asymmetric hydrogenation of 2- phenylquinoxaline, and its derivatives, catalyzed by chiral cationic dinuclear triply halide- bridged iridium complexes [{Ir (H)[diphosphine]} 2 (μ-X) 3] X (diphosphine=(S)-2, 2′-bis (diphenylphosphino)-1, 1′-binaphthyl [(S)-BINAP],(S)-5, 5′-bis (diphenylphosphino)-4, 4′-bi-1, 3-benzodioxole [(S)-SEGPHOS],(S)-5, 5′-bis (diphenylphosphino)-2, 2, 2′, 2′ ...