Alkane dehydrogenation not only provides access to useful commodity or fuel chemicals but also has great applications in organic synthesis. In this context, there has been much study of pincer based iridium catalysts for alkane dehydrogenation.1 The rigidity of the pincer framework and the high thermal stability it imparts allows pincer-iridium complexes to act as catalysts at temperatures not normally accessible to homogeneous catalysts. In the current work we have chosen industrially relevant light alkanes such as pentane and have achieved dehydrogenation at unprecedented levels of conversion and high TOFs using various acceptors and pincer-based Ir catalysts.  References Choi, J.; MacArthur, A. H. R.; Brookhart, M.; Goldman A. S. Chem. Rev. 2011 , 111, 1761.

Pincer based iridium catalysts for light alkane dehydrogenation

245th National Meeting (2013)

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