title: Selective catalytic transfer dehydrogenation of alkanes and heterocycles by an iridium pincer complex.
abstract: Catalytic alkane dehydrogenation is a reaction with tremendous potential for application. We describe a highly active PSCOP-pincer iridium catalyst for transfer dehydrogenation of cyclic and linear alkanes. The dehydrogenation of linear alkanes occurs under relatively mild conditions with high regioselectivity for α-olefin formation. In addition, the catalyst system is very effective in the dehydrogenation of heterocycles to form heteroarenes and olefinic products.
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Organometallic Chemistry, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, 345 Lingling Road, Shanghai 200032 (China).
authors.forename: Wubing
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Yao
authors.forename: Yuxuan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Xiangqing
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Jia
authors.forename: Zheng
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Huang
keywords: alkanes; dehydrogenation; heterocycles; homogeneous catalysis; iridium