Computational and experimental studies of the mechanism of (PCP)Ir-catalyzed acceptorless dehydrogenation of alkanes
β Scribed by Karsten Krogh-Jespersen; Margaret Czerw; Alan S. Goldman
- Book ID
- 104421978
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2002
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 297 KB
- Volume
- 189
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1381-1169
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β¦ Synopsis
PCP)IrH 2 efficiently catalyzes the "acceptorless" dehydrogenation of alkanes. The key step in the reaction cycle is calculated (DFT/B3LYP) to be dissociative loss of H 2 to afford an Ir(I) intermediate; this conclusion is supported by experimental results.
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