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DOI: 10.1039/A705105K (Paper) Reference Section for: Chem. Commun., 1997, 2273-2274

Thermochemical alkane dehydrogenation catalyzed in solution without the use of a hydrogen acceptor

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Wei-wei Xu, Glen P. Rosini, Karsten Krogh-Jespersen, Alan S. Goldman, Mukta Gupta, Craig M. Jensen and William C. Kaska

Abstract

(PCP)IrH2 [PCP = η3-C6H3(PBut2)2-1,3] catalyzes the efficient (several hundred mol product/mol catalyst) dehydrogenation of alkanes under reflux to give the corresponding alkenes and dihydrogen.

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