Catalytic dehydrogenation of cycloalkanes to arenes by a dihydrido iridium P-C-P pincer complex

Journal Article · Wed Jan 29 04:00:00 EST 1997 · Journal of the American Chemical Society

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/ja962560x· OSTI ID:458608

Gupta, M; Hagen, C; Cramer, R E; Jensen, C M ^[1]; Kaska, W C ^[2]

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1. Univ. of Hawaii, Honolulu, HA (United States)
2. Univ. of California, Santa Barbara, CA (United States)

We recently found that the iridium P-C-P pincer complex IrH{sub 2}[C{sub 6}H{sub 3}-2,6-(CH{sub 2}-PBu{sup T}{sub 2}){sub 2}] (1) is a highly active, homogeneous catalyst for the transfer dehydrogenation of cyclooctane with unusual long-term stability at temperatures as high as 200 {degree}C. This reactivity has now been extended to the catalytic transfer dehydrogenation of cycloalkanes to arenes. We report this novel catalytic activity as well as the results of an X-ray structure determination of 1. 15 refs., 1 fig., 1 tab.

• OSTI ID: 458608
• Journal Information: Journal of the American Chemical Society, Journal Name: Journal of the American Chemical Society Journal Issue: 4 Vol. 119; ISSN JACSAT; ISSN 0002-7863
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

40 CHEMISTRY
CATALYSIS
CATALYSTS
CYCLOALKANES
DEHYDROGENATION
HYDROCARBONS
IRIDIUM COMPLEXES
LIGANDS
STRUCTURAL CHEMICAL ANALYSIS
X-RAY DIFFRACTION