Surprising isomer preference on Ir(III), favoring facile H-C(sp(3)) bond cleavage.
Species (PNP)Ir(X)(Y), where PNP = N(SiMe(2)CH(2)P(t)Bu(2))(2)(-1) with X and Y halide, have a (t)Bu group C-H bond heterolytically split by addition across the Ir-N bond.
Tsvetkov
Nikolai P
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Department of Chemistry, Indiana University, 800 E. Kirkwood Avenue, Bloomington, Indiana, USA.
Laird
Matthew F
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Hongjun
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Caulton
Kenneth G
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