The transfer dehydrogenation of cyclic amine-boranes using iridium-POCOP pincer catalysts is discussed. Compounds containing a 6-membered cyclic amine-borane motif were dehydrogenated across saturated C�C bonds, resulting in full conversion to their corresponding aromatic derivatives. The application of iridium pincer catalysts to the alkyl dehydrogenation of carbon(C)-boron(B)-nitrogen(N)-containing substrates provides a starting point for the use of these CBN compounds in potential hydrogen storage applications.

Iridium-catalyzed dehydrogenation across saturated C–C bonds in cyclic amine-boranes

245th National Meeting (2013)

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