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Abstract
While attempting to prepare a series of cationic NHC-Ir complexes of general formula [(NHC)Ir(COD)](+) via the silver salt metathesis reaction of its precursor (NHC)Ir(COD)Cl in dichloromethane, we unexpectedly synthesized [(mu-Cl){(2,7-SICyNap)Ir(COD))center dot{Ag(OTf)}], a chlotide-bridged Ir-Ag adduct. This result led us to investigate the chloride abstraction from the (NHC)Ir(COD)Cl systein in detail. We show how the outcome of this ubiquitous reaction is dependent on a fine balance between the nucleophilicity of the weakly coordinating anion (WCA) and the polarity/coordinating ability of the reaction medium. A frequently encountered alternative to using silver salts is also presented and compared. The experimental difference in the reactivitieS of cationic catalysts in a representative intramolecular hydroamination reaction shows how a cationic Ir-Ag adduct can fail to deliver the reaction product through what appears to be a stabilization of the catalytically inactive iridium-silver intermediate by the educt.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 801-817 |
Number of pages | 17 |
Journal | Organometallics |
Volume | 36 |
Issue number | 4 |
Early online date | 6 Feb 2017 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 27 Feb 2017 |
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New Chiral Metal Catalysts; Going Beyond the State of the Art
Dorta, R. (Investigator 01)
ARC Australian Research Council
1/01/13 → 31/12/18
Project: Research