Ligand exchanges and selective catalytic hydrogenation in molecular single crystals

Zheng Huang, Peter S. White and Maurice Brookhart ()
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Zheng Huang: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, USA
Peter S. White: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, USA
Maurice Brookhart: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, USA

Nature, 2010, vol. 465, issue 7298, 598-601

Abstract: Catalysis in molecular single crystals In analogy with enzymatic transformations, reactions within the interior of single crystals of organometallic complexes are likely to be highly selective, with potential applications in selective catalytic transformations. Examples of single crystal to single crystal (SC–SC) transformations are rare, however, since crystallinity is difficult to retain following the rearrangement of atoms in the solid state. In this study, the authors report a series of SC–SC transformations that involve the interchange of multiple small gaseous ligands at an iridium centre in molecular single crystals of a pincer Ir(I) complex. The single crystal remains intact during these ligand exchange reactions, which occur within the crystal and do not require prior ligand extrusion.

Date: 2010
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