Alkyl, aryl and cis-dihydride complexes of iridium with the tripodal phosphine P(CH2CH2PPh2)3 as excellent precursors of active systems for the activation of hydrocarbon C-H bonds

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/0022-328X(87)80170-5

The C-H bonds of tetrahydrofuran, acetone and benzene are activated by the fragment <(PP3)Ir>(1+) (PP3 = P(CH2CH2PPh2)3) generated either by photolytic dehydrogenation of the cis-dihydride <(PP3)IrH2>(SO3CF3) or by thermal decomposition of the cis-(organy