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Title: Synthesis of Fischer carbene complexes of iridium by C-H bond activation of methyl and cyclic ethers: Evidence for reversible {alpha}-hydrogen migration

Journal Article · · Journal of the American Chemical Society
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/ja953437t· OSTI ID:249624

We report here a mild and versatile route to Fischer carbene complexes of iridium via the activation of C-H bonds of methyl and cyclic ethers, along with our preliminary studies of this rare family of carbene complexes. Theoretical studies suggest that {alpha}-hydrogen migrations can be kinetically favorable if a coordinatively unsaturated species can be accessed. Thus, the lability of the triflate ligand presumably facilitates this process. Further evidence for the rapidity, as well as reversibility, of this rearrangement was obtained by NMR analysis. 20 refs.

DOE Contract Number:
AC03-76SF00098
OSTI ID:
249624
Journal Information:
Journal of the American Chemical Society, Vol. 118, Issue 10; Other Information: PBD: 13 Mar 1996
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English