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Entrya
1
Substrate
Major product
Yield (%)
63b
48c
58b
50c
39b
38c
2
3
4
5
88b
72c
55b
53c
6
7
46b
35c
39b
26c
a
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Reactions were carried out in stainless steel reactor with a PTFE
liner. Reaction conditions: substrate (1.4 mmol, 130–250 mg),
(POCOP)IrCO (0.65 mol%, 5.0 mg, 0.0088 mmol), dioxane (0.7 mL),
HOTf (0.5 mol%, added as 0.68 M aq stock solution, 10 μL), decane
(25 μL), H2 (charged to 600 psi at 25 °C), heated at 35 °C for 90 min
b
then 195 °C for 15 hours. Yields measured by GC-FID using decane
as an internal standard. c Isolated yield.
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