Iridium(III) salts as homogeneous metal catalysts for hydrogen isotope exchange in organic compounds: a comparison with heterogeneous iridium for the deuteriation of alkylbenzenes
Abstract
Hydrogen exchange between organic compounds and heavy water is homogeneously catalysed by sodium chloroiridite; results for alkylbenzenes are compared with those from heterogeneous catalysis by iridium metal and are interpreted in terms of the role of π-complex intermediates.