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Intra- and intermolecular C-H activation by bis(phenolate) pyridineiridium(III) complexes
Fu, Ross,Bercaw, John E.,Labinger, Jay A.
, p. 6751 - 6765 (2012/02/05)
A bis(phenolate)pyridine pincer ligand (henceforth abbreviated as ONO) has been employed to support a variety of iridium complexes in oxidation states I, III, and IV. Complexes (ONO)IrL2Me (L = PPh3, PEt 3) react with I2 to cleave the Ir-C bond and liberate MeI, apparently via a mechanism beginning with electron transfer to generate an intermediate Ir(IV) complex, which can be isolated and characterized for the case L = PEt3. The PPh3 complex is transformed in benzene at 65 °C to the corresponding phenyl complex, with loss of methane, and subsequently to a species resulting from metalation of a PPh3 ligand. Labeling and kinetics studies indicate that PPh3 is the initial site of C-H activation, even though the first observed product is that resulting from intermolecular benzene activation. C-H activation of acetonitrile has also been observed.