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.
Publication types
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Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
MeSH terms
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Amination
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Catalysis
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Coordination Complexes / chemical synthesis*
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Coordination Complexes / chemistry
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Crystallography, X-Ray
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Hydrogenation
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Imines / chemistry
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Iridium / chemistry*
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Ligands
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Molecular Conformation
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Nitriles / chemistry
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Oxidation-Reduction
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Quantum Theory
Substances
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Coordination Complexes
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Imines
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Ligands
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Nitriles
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ketimine
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Iridium