The fate of a bimetallic ethylene dimerization catalyst: Synthesis and structure of (dfepe)(2)Ir-2(mu-eta(1):eta(3)-C4H6) (mu-H)(H) (dfepe = (C2F5)(2)PCH2CH2P(C2F5)(2))

Authors
Hoerter, JM Schnabel, RC Goodson, PA Roddick, DM
Citation
Jm. Hoerter et al., The fate of a bimetallic ethylene dimerization catalyst: Synthesis and structure of (dfepe)(2)Ir-2(mu-eta(1):eta(3)-C4H6) (mu-H)(H) (dfepe = (C2F5)(2)PCH2CH2P(C2F5)(2)), ORGANOMETAL, 18(26), 1999, pp. 5717-5720
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Organic Chemistry/Polymer Science
Journal title
ORGANOMETALLICS
ISSN journal
02767333 → ACNP
Volume
18
Issue
26
Year of publication
1999
Pages
5717 - 5720
Database
ISI
SICI code
0276-7333(199912)18:26<5717:TFOABE>2.0.ZU;2-E
Abstract
Solutions of (dfepe)(2)Ir-2(mu-H)3(H) (1; dfepe = (C2F5)(2)PCH2CH2P(C2F5)(2 )) react with 1 atm of ethylene at ambient temperatures to catalytically pr oduce a mixture of trans- and cis-2-butenes and the diiridium. methylallyl complex (dfepe)(2)Ir-2(mu-eta(1):eta(3)-C4H6)(mu-H)(H) (2).