Heterolytic dihydrogen activation in an iridium complex with a pendant basic group

Dong-Heon Lee (1) , Ben Patel (1) , Eric Clot (2) , Odile Eisenstein (2) , Robert H. Crabtree (1)

1 Department of Chemistry [New Haven]
2 LSDSMS - Laboratoire de structure et de dynamique des systèmes moléculaires et solides

Experimental and theoretical studies show that H-2 reacts with an Ir phosphine complex having a basic pendant amino group to give either an H-2 or an Lr-H ... H-N hydrogen-bonded hydride complex, depending on the basicity of the phosphine ligands.

Mots clés: EFFECTIVE CORE POTENTIALS; MOLECULAR CALCULATIONS; CHEMISTRY

Domaines: Chimie-Physique [physics.chem-ph]

Dong-Heon Lee, Ben Patel, Eric Clot, Odile Eisenstein, Robert H. Crabtree. Heterolytic dihydrogen activation in an iridium complex with a pendant basic group. Chemical Communications, 1999, pp.297-298. ⟨10.1039/a808601j⟩. ⟨hal-00429116⟩