186898-18-0Relevant articles and documents
Fluoro-Ligand Promotion of C-H Activation
Cooper, Alan C.,Folting, Kirsten,Huffman, John C.,Caulton, Kenneth G.
, p. 505 - 507 (2008/10/08)
Ethylene dehydrogenates Ir(H)2FL2 (L = Jt-Bu2Ph) to give the metalated species 1 and 2. These metalated species catalyze the exchange of deuterium from C6D6 to ethylene, and to tBu and orthophenyl sites of coordinated L. This exchange is proposed to benefit from π-donation from F to Ir.