Abstract
A well-defined, O-donor ligated iridium hydroxide complex is reported that is competent for benzene CH activation and long-lived catalytic H/D exchange between benzene and water. An inverse dependence of the H/D exchange rate on added pyridine, a kinetic isotope effect (KIE) of 2.65 ± 0.56 for CH activation with 1,3,5-trideuteriobenzene, a KIE of 1.07 ± 0.24 with C 6H 6/C 6D 6, and DFT calculations are consistent with the CH activation proceeding via rate-determining benzene coordination followed by fast CH cleavage via a σ-bond-metathesis transition state.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 5173-5175 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| Journal | Organometallics |
| Volume | 25 |
| Issue number | 21 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 9 Oct 2006 |
| Externally published | Yes |
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