Inter- and intramolecular activation of aromatic C-H bonds by diphosphine and hydrido-bridged dinuclear iridium complexes

Ken-Ichi Fujita; Hirohide Nakaguma; Taro Hamada; Ryohei Yamaguchi

doi:10.1021/ja036929b

Inter- and intramolecular activation of aromatic C-H bonds by diphosphine and hydrido-bridged dinuclear iridium complexes

J Am Chem Soc. 2003 Oct 15;125(41):12368-9. doi: 10.1021/ja036929b.

Authors

Ken-Ichi Fujita¹, Hirohide Nakaguma, Taro Hamada, Ryohei Yamaguchi

Affiliation

¹ Graduate School of Human and Environmental Studies, and Graduate School of Global Environmental Studies, Kyoto University, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan.

PMID: 14531654
DOI: 10.1021/ja036929b

Abstract

Reactions of [(Cp*Ir)2(mu-dmpm)(mu-H)2]2+ (1) with NaOtBu in aromatic solvent at room temperature give [(Cp*Ir)(H)(mu-dmpm)(mu-H)(Cp*Ir)(Ar)]+ [Ar = Ph (3), p-Tol (4a), m-Tol (4b), 2-furanyl (5a), 3-furanyl (5b)] via intermolecular aromatic C-H activation. Treatment of [(Cp*Ir)2(mu-dppm)(mu-H)2]2+ (2) with base (Et2NH) results in intramolecular C-H activation of the phenyl group in the dppm ligand to give [(Cp*Ir)(H){mu-PPh(C6H4)CH2PPh2}(mu-H)(Cp*Ir)]+ (6). The structures of 3, 5a, and 6 have been determined by X-ray diffraction methods.