title: Synthesis and X-ray structures of cyclometalated iridium complexes including the hydrides.
abstract: Cyclometalation of [Cp*IrCl(2)](2) with ketimine ligands generated very active catalysts for transfer hydrogenation of imines as well as reductive amination. The synthesis and X-ray diffraction structures of three such complexes are disclosed in this paper. The hydrides of two complexes, key intermediates in hydrogenation, have been isolated and their structures determined by X-ray diffraction as well.
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Applied Surface and Colloid Chemistry of Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an, 710062, P. R. China. c.wang@snnu.edu.cn
authors.forename: Chao
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Hsin-Yi Tiffany
authors.initials: HY
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bacsa
authors.forename: C Richard A
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Catlow
authors.forename: Jianliang
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Xiao
mesh_terms: D000586:Amination; D002384:Catalysis; D056831:Coordination Complexes / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry; D018360:Crystallography, X-Ray; D006865:Hydrogenation; D007097:Imines / Q000737:chemistry; D007495:Iridium / Q000737:chemistry*; D008024:Ligands; D008968:Molecular Conformation; D009570:Nitriles / Q000737:chemistry; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D011789:Quantum Theory
chemical_list: D056831:Coordination Complexes; D007097:Imines; D008024:Ligands; D009570:Nitriles; C542835:ketimine; D007495:Iridium