Synthesis, Characterization, and Dehydrogenation Activity of an Iridium Arsenic Based Pincer Catalyst

A new arsenic-based pincer (AsOCOAs) dehydrogenation catalyst has been synthesized, IrHCl{2,6-C6H3-(O-AsBut 2)} (3). Treatment with an equivalent of base (NaO-tert-butoxide) under an atmosphere of hydrogen gas affords the dihydride catalyst IrH2{2,6-C6H3-(O-AsBut 2)} (4). The activity of 3 was explo...

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Published in:Organometallics 2014-10, Vol.33 (19), p.5198-5202
Main Authors: Brayton, Daniel F, Beaumont, Paul R, Fukushima, Erin Y, Sartain, Hope T, Morales-Morales, David, Jensen, Craig M
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Language:English
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Summary:A new arsenic-based pincer (AsOCOAs) dehydrogenation catalyst has been synthesized, IrHCl{2,6-C6H3-(O-AsBut 2)} (3). Treatment with an equivalent of base (NaO-tert-butoxide) under an atmosphere of hydrogen gas affords the dihydride catalyst IrH2{2,6-C6H3-(O-AsBut 2)} (4). The activity of 3 was explored under transfer dehydrogenation conditions with cyclooctane and tert-butyl ethylene, giving a maximum turnover number of 960 at 175 °C in 24 h. Acceptorless dehydrogenations were also explored with pyrrolidine-based molecules, ethylperhydrocarbazole (5), methylperhydroindole (6), and butylpyrrolidine (7), in which all results indicate 3 is roughly half as active as the analogous phosphine-based pincer catalyst 2. Akin to the phosphine pincer catalysts the activity was seen to steadily improve with increasing temperature, peaking at 175 °C, upon which thermal decomposition sets in.
ISSN:0276-7333
1520-6041
DOI:10.1021/om5005034