Silyl–pyridine–amine pincer-ligated iridium complexes for catalytic silane deuteration via room temperature C–D bond activation of benzene-d6

• DOI: 10.1039/c8cc09178a
• Publication Date: 2018-12-20T08:34:11Z
• Authors: Takashi Komuro; Tomohiro Osawa; Ryuju Suzuki; Daiki Mochizuki; Hironori Higashi; Hiromi Tobita
• Keywords: 01 natural sciences; 0104 chemical sciences

Iridium-hydrido complexes bearing a hemilabile silyl-pyridine-amine pincer ligand were synthesised. They found to catalyse Si-H deuteration of trialkylsilanes with excess benzene-d6 in 99-94% conversion at room temperature through C-D bond activation and H/D exchange.