872415-81-1Relevant articles and documents
Base-promoted selective aryl C-Cl cleavage by iridium(III) porphyrins via a metalloradical ipso addition-elimination mechanism
Cheung, Chi Wai,Chan, Kin Shing
, p. 4999 - 5009 (2011)
Base-promoted aryl carbon-chlorine bond (Ar-Cl) cleavage by iridium(III) porphyrin carbonyl chloride (IrIII(ttp)(CO)Cl; ttp = 5,10,15,20-tetrakis(p-tolyl)porphyrinato dianion) was achieved in the presence of K2CO3 to give iridium(III) porphyrin aryls (Ir III(ttp)Ar). Mechanistic studies revealed that K2CO 3 promotes the reduction of Ir(ttp)(CO)Cl to give the iridium(II) porphyrin dimer intermediate [IrII(ttp)2. [Ir(ttp) 2 is the source of IrII(ttp) metalloradical, which cleaves Ar-Cl to give Ir(ttp)Ar and a chlorine radical (Cl?) via radical ipso substitution in an addition-elimination pathway. Cl ? reacts with [Ir(ttp)2 to yield Ir(ttp)Cl for subsequent base-promoted reduction and Ir(ttp) for radical chain propagation. Additionally, the base-promoted Ar-Cl cleavage of chlorobenzene (PhCl) by Ir(ttp)(CO)Cl gives both Ir(ttp)Ph and 1,4-bis-iridium(III)-porphyrin benzene, IrIII(ttp)(p-C6H4)IrIII(ttp). The reactive Cl? can simultaneously react with PhCl via homolytic aromatic substitution to give 1,4-dichlorobenzene, which further undergoes double Ar-Cl cleavage to form Ir(ttp)(p-C6H4)Ir(ttp).
Selective oxidation of (porphyrinato)iridium(III) arylethyls by nitroxide: Evidence for stabilization of carbon-centered Ir-CH2-CHR radicals by iridium
Yeung, Siu Kwan,Chan, Kin Shing
, p. 6426 - 6430 (2008/10/09)
(Arylethyl)iridium(III) porphyrins were oxidized selectively with excess 2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidinoxy (TEMPO) at the benzylic positions to yield (2-aryl-2-oxoethyl)iridium porphyrins. Other alkyl- and PhCH2CH 2CH2-substituted iridium porphyrins did not react or gave complex mixtures and low yields of indium methyl. The proposed intermediate of the carbon-centered IrIII(CH2CHR) radical is probably stabilized by the β iridium center, allowing the (slipped) olefin metalloradical complex IrII(CH2=CHR) as a reasonable resonance structure.