Scope and mechanism of the iridium-catalyzed cleavage of alkyl ethers with triethylsilane

J Yang, PS White, M Brookhart

Index: Yang, Jian; White, Peter S.; Brookhart, Maurice Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2008 , vol. 130, p. 17509 - 17518

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Citation Number: 56

Abstract

The cationic iridium pincer complex [(POCOP) Ir (H)(acetone)]+[B (C6F5) 4]−{1, POCOP= 2, 6-[OP (t Bu) 2] 2C6H3} was found to be a highly active catalyst for the room-temperature cleavage and reduction of a wide variety of unactivated alkyl ethers including primary, secondary, and tertiary alkyl ethers as well as aryl alkyl ethers by triethylsilane. Mechanistic studies have revealed the full details of the catalytic cycle with the catalyst resting state (s) ...