NCP-Type Pincer Iridium Complexes Catalyzed Transfer-Dehydrogenation of Alkanes and Heterocycles†
Yulei Wang
State Key Laboratory of Organometallic Chemistry, Center for Excellence in Molecular Synthesis, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 345 Lingling Road, Shanghai, 200032 China
Search for more papers by this authorLu Qian
State Key Laboratory of Organometallic Chemistry, Center for Excellence in Molecular Synthesis, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 345 Lingling Road, Shanghai, 200032 China
Search for more papers by this authorZhidao Huang
State Key Laboratory of Organometallic Chemistry, Center for Excellence in Molecular Synthesis, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 345 Lingling Road, Shanghai, 200032 China
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Guixia Liu
State Key Laboratory of Organometallic Chemistry, Center for Excellence in Molecular Synthesis, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 345 Lingling Road, Shanghai, 200032 China
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Zheng Huang
State Key Laboratory of Organometallic Chemistry, Center for Excellence in Molecular Synthesis, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 345 Lingling Road, Shanghai, 200032 China
China School of Chemistry and Material Sciences, Hangzhou Institute of Advanced Study, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 1 Sub-lane Xiangshan, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310024 China
Chang-Kung Chuang Institute, East China Normal University, Shanghai, 200062 China
E-mail: [email protected], [email protected]Search for more papers by this authorYulei Wang
State Key Laboratory of Organometallic Chemistry, Center for Excellence in Molecular Synthesis, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 345 Lingling Road, Shanghai, 200032 China
Search for more papers by this authorLu Qian
State Key Laboratory of Organometallic Chemistry, Center for Excellence in Molecular Synthesis, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 345 Lingling Road, Shanghai, 200032 China
Search for more papers by this authorZhidao Huang
State Key Laboratory of Organometallic Chemistry, Center for Excellence in Molecular Synthesis, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 345 Lingling Road, Shanghai, 200032 China
Search for more papers by this authorCorresponding Author
Guixia Liu
State Key Laboratory of Organometallic Chemistry, Center for Excellence in Molecular Synthesis, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 345 Lingling Road, Shanghai, 200032 China
E-mail: [email protected], [email protected]Search for more papers by this authorCorresponding Author
Zheng Huang
State Key Laboratory of Organometallic Chemistry, Center for Excellence in Molecular Synthesis, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 345 Lingling Road, Shanghai, 200032 China
China School of Chemistry and Material Sciences, Hangzhou Institute of Advanced Study, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 1 Sub-lane Xiangshan, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310024 China
Chang-Kung Chuang Institute, East China Normal University, Shanghai, 200062 China
E-mail: [email protected], [email protected]Search for more papers by this author†Dedicated to the 70th Anniversary of Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences.
Summary of main observation and conclusion
A series of NCP-type pincer iridium complexes, (RNCCP)IrHCl (2a—2c) and (BQ-NCOP)IrHCl 3, have been studied for catalytic transfer alkane dehydrogenation. Complex 3 containing a rigid benzoquinoline backbone exhibits high activity and robustness in dehydrogenation of alkanes to form alkenes. Even more importantly, this catalyst system was also highly effective in the dehydrogenation of a wide range of heterocycles to furnish heteroarenes.
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