Catalytic dehydrogenation of ethylbenzene and tetrahydrofuran by a dihydrido iridium P–C–P pincer complex

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Mukta Gupta, William C. Kaska and Craig M. Jensen


Abstract

The P–C–P pincer complex, [IrH2{C6H3(CH2PBut 2)-2,6}] catalyses the transfer dehydrogenation of the donor-bearing substrates, ethylbenzene and tetrahydrofuran at temperatures as low as 150 °C.


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