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Chem Commun (Camb). 2009 Aug 14;(30):4578-80. doi: 10.1039/b908954c. Epub 2009 Jun 29.

Surprising isomer preference on Ir(III), favoring facile H-C(sp(3)) bond cleavage.

Chemical communications (Cambridge, England)

Nikolai P Tsvetkov, Matthew F Laird, Hongjun Fan, Maren Pink, Kenneth G Caulton

Affiliations

  1. Department of Chemistry, Indiana University, 800 E. Kirkwood Avenue, Bloomington, Indiana, USA.

PMID: 19617989 DOI: 10.1039/b908954c

Abstract

Species (PNP)Ir(X)(Y), where PNP = N(SiMe(2)CH(2)P(t)Bu(2))(2)(-1) with X and Y halide, have a (t)Bu group C-H bond heterolytically split by addition across the Ir-N bond.

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