Issue 34, 2011
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Chemical Communications

Catalytic deuteration of silanes mediated by N-heterocyclic carbene-Ir(iii) complexes†

George C. Fortman,a   Heiko Jacobsen,b   Luigi Cavallo*c  and  Steven P. Nolan*a  

* Corresponding authors

a EaStCHEM School of Chemistry, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, UK
E-mail: snolan@st-andrews.ac.uk

b KemKom, 1215 Ursulines Ave., New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

c Department of Chemistry and Biology, University of Salerno, via ponte don Melillo, Fisciano, Italy
E-mail: lcavallo@unisa.it

Abstract

The catalytic activity of a series of coordinatively unsaturated NHC-M(III) (M = Rh, Ir; NHC = N-heterocyclic carbene) complexes was tested in the deuteration of secondary and tertiary silanes. Among these, [IrCl(ItBu′)2] provides the highest conversions to the deuterated species. Mechanistic studies highlight the reversible nature of the ortho-metalation reaction.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C1CC13492B
Article type
Communication
Submitted
13 Jun 2011
Accepted
01 Jul 2011
First published
22 Jul 2011

Chem. Commun., 2011,47, 9723-9725

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Catalytic deuteration of silanes mediated by N-heterocyclic carbene-Ir(III) complexes

G. C. Fortman, H. Jacobsen, L. Cavallo and S. P. Nolan, Chem. Commun., 2011, 47, 9723 DOI: 10.1039/C1CC13492B

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