Responses to unsaturation in iridium mono(N-heterocyclic carbene) complexes: synthesis and oligomerization of [LIr(H)2Cl] and [LIr(H)2]+.
Highly unsaturated mono(N-heterocyclic carbene) Ir(iii) systems have been targeted via ligand abstraction protocols. Hydrogenation of Ir(IPr)(cod)Cl (1a) leads to the formation of the highly reactive (fluxional) trimer [Ir(IPr)(H)(2)Cl](3), while the related IMes system undergoes further C-H bond activation. Chloride abstraction from 1a prior to hydrogenation allows access to sources of the 12-electron [Ir(IPr)(H)(2)](+) fragment, which, in the absence of a suitable donor, dimerizes to give [{Ir(IPr)(H)(μ-H)}(2)](2+).
Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
Christina Y
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Tang
Jan
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Lednik
Dragoslav
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Vidovic
Amber L
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Thompson
Simon
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Aldridge