Synthesis and Study of Iridium Hydride Complexes Created by Addition of E-H Molecules(E = H,B,C,N,O)

在化学部无机、生物无机和有机金属项目的这个项目中，Merola将研究烷烃与铱配合物的氧化加成反应，并研究所得配合物的化学性质。目标是开发一种催化剂，将某些碳氢化合物均质转化为更有用的化学物质，这一努力如果成功，将具有重要的工业应用。研究了各种E-H底物（E = H，B，C，N，O）与铱/膦配合物的氧化加成反应。所得到的E-Ir-H化合物的反应化学，特别是不饱和分子的插入，将被研究。通过这种方式，将收集有关金属中心发生的基本过程的重要信息。从这两部分研究中获得的知识将为开发碳氢化合物活化和功能化、催化硼氢化、催化胺化以及催化加成许多其他E-H化合物到不饱和化合物的系统提供有价值的线索。

In this project in the Inorganic, Bioinorganic, and Organometallic Program of the Chemistry Division, Merola will study oxidative addition reactions of alkanes to an iridium complex and investigate the chemistry of the resulting complexes. The goal is to develop a catalyst for the homogeneous conversion of certain hydrocarbons into more useful chemicals, an endeavor that, if successful, would have important industrial applications. The oxidative addition reactions of a variety of E-H substrates (E = H,B,C,N,O) to iridium/phosphine complexes will be investigated. The reaction chemistry of the resulting E-Ir-H compounds, especially insertion of unsaturated molecules, will be studied. In this way important information concerning fundamental processes occurring at the metal center will be gathered. The knowledge gained from both parts of the study will provide valuable leads for developing systems for C-H activation and functionalization, catalytic hydroboration, catalytic amination, and the catalytic addition of a number of other E-H compounds to unsaturates.