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Decarbonylation of ethanol to methane, carbon monoxide and hydrogen by a [PNP]Ir complex
Melnick, Jonathan G.,Radosevich, Alexander T.,Villagran, Dino,Nocera, Daniel G.
, p. 79 - 81 (2010)
The putative three-coordinate Ir(i) PNPPri(PNPPri = [N{2-P(CHMe2)2-4-MeC6H3} 2]-) pincer complex decarbonylates ethanol to yield methane, hydrogen and [PNPPri]Ir(CO). The mechanism involves the isolable trans-[PNPPri]Ir(H)(Me)(CO), which is susceptible to photochemical reductive elimination of methane.