Abstract: The water-soluble iridium complex {Cp* Ir-ACHTUNGTRENNUNG [6, 6'-(OH) 2bpy] ACHTUNGTRENNUNG (H2O)} ACHTUNGTRENNUNG [OTf] 2 (Cp*= η5- pentamethylcyclopentadienyl, bpy= 2, 2'-bipyridine) was found to be a general and highly efficient catalyst for the N-alkylation of the poor nucleophilic sulfonamides with alcohols as alkylating agents in water. The presence of OH units in the bpy ligand is crucially ...
[Chakravarti, Rajashree; Mano, Ajayan; Iwai, Hideo; Aldeyab, Salem S.; Kumar, R. Pradeep; Kantam, M. Lakshmi; Vinu, Ajayan Chemistry - A European Journal, 2011 , vol. 17, # 24 p. 6673 - 6682]