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Title: Iridium dioxygen complexes in the oxidation of substrates: Kinetics, mechanism, and steric and electronic effects in the oxidation of CO, CO sub 2 , PPh sub 3 , and SO sub 2 by RIr(O sub 2 )(CO)L sub 2 R = Me, Ph, Np; L = PPh sub 3 , P(p-tolyl) sub 3 , PPh sub 2 Me, P(p-C sub 6 H sub 4 OMe) sub 3

Journal Article · · Journal of the American Chemical Society; (USA)
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/ja00198a037· OSTI ID:6952143
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  1. State Univ. of New York, Buffalo (USA)

The preparation, characterization, and oxygen-transfer reactivity of the iridium dioxygen complexes RIr(O{sub 2})(CO)L{sub 2} (R = Me, Ph, Np; L = PPh{sub 3}, P(p-tolyl){sub 3}, PPh{sub 2}Me, PMe{sub 2}Ph, and P(p-C{sub 6}H{sub 4}OMe){sub 3}) are reported. These complexes oxidize carbon monoxide to carbonate, sulfur dioxide to sulfate, carbon dioxide to peroxycarbonate, and triphenylphosphine to triphenylphosphine oxide but are relatively inert to other possible substrates. The kinetics of the oxidations of CO and CO{sub 2} are reported and indicate a mechanism of reversible conversion of the dioxygen from bidentate to monodentate followed by reaction with free substrate in solution. The phosphine ligand dependence on the rate of CO oxidation indicates that more electron density slightly increases the rate of oxygen transfer and that steric interactions impede the rate.

OSTI ID:
6952143
Journal Information:
Journal of the American Chemical Society; (USA), Vol. 111:16; ISSN 0002-7863
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English