Abstract
Pentamethylcyclopentadienyliridium(I) complexes are now known to undergo rapid and general oxidative addition reactions with a wide range of carbon-hydrogen bonds, including those in alkanes and isolated alkyl groups. The first part of this paper describes flash kinetic experiments carried out on pentamethylcyclopentadienylrhodium carbonyl complexes in liquid krypton and liquid xenon solvents at low temperature. These studies have established that noble gas complexes and alkane complexes (intermediates involving weak complexation of the noble gas or alkane C-H bonds to the metal center) are generated as precursors to the final oxidative addition products in these reactions. Information about the relative binding constants of alkanes of different sizes and isotopic substitution to the metal center has been obtained, and activation energies and entropies for the conversion of the alkane complexes to the final C-H oxidative addition products have been determined. In the second part of the study, a new alkane C-H activation process involving reactions of Ir(III) trifluoromethanesulfonates with alkanes and arenes is reported. Preliminary investigations indicate that cationic Ir(III) intermediates are involved in these reactions.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 281-288 |
Number of pages | 8 |
Journal | Pure and Applied Chemistry |
Volume | 67 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 1 Jan 1995 |
Externally published | Yes |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:This work was supported by the Director, Office of Energy Research, Office of Basic Energy Sciences, Chemical Sciences Division of the U. S. Department of Energy under Contract no. DE- ACO3-76SFOOO98.
Funding
This work was supported by the Director, Office of Energy Research, Office of Basic Energy Sciences, Chemical Sciences Division of the U. S. Department of Energy under Contract no. DE- ACO3-76SFOOO98.
Funders | Funder number |
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Office of Energy Research | |
U.S. Department of Energy | DE- ACO3-76SFOOO98 |
Basic Energy Sciences |