Abstract
The iridium complexes IrH2{C6H3-2,6-(CH2PBut2)2 (1), IrH2{C6H3-2,6-(CH2PPri2)2 (2), and IrHCl{C6H3-2,6-(OPBut2)2 (3) have been found to be highly active catalysts for the dehydrogenation of N-ethyl perhydrocarbazole at 200 °C. However, dehydrogenation to the fully unsaturated ethyl carbazole does not occur in most instances. Complex 3 is the most active catalyst and shows reasonable activity even at 150 °C. No signs of dehydrogenation were found in experiments conducted at 100 °C. This apparently reflects the thermodynamic constraints imposed by the high enthalpy of dehydrogenation of the substrate.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 2854-2857 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | Journal of Organometallic Chemistry |
Volume | 694 |
Issue number | 17 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Aug 1 2009 |
Externally published | Yes |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:This work was supported by General Motors Corporation.
Copyright:
Copyright 2009 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
Keywords
- Catalytic dehydrogenation
- Hydrogen storage
- Iridium complexes
- PCP pincer complex
- Perhydrocarbazole